Kermit

Last seen for girls in 1943 at #4,691 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1909 · 139 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,445
since 1900

Kermit over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kermit has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #175, 1909boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#10,6956
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2022—#10,8636
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2018—#7,61710
2017—#12,2465
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2015—#9,5687
2014—#6,30713
2013—#9,6557
2012—#9,7097
2011—#10,8086
2010—#8,8038
2009—#6,80212
2008—#9,8717
2007—#7,59010
2006—#6,09413
2005—#10,1516
2004—#6,13812
2003—#7,2459
2002—#6,08811
2001—#8,3397
2000—#5,29713
1999—#5,03513
1998—#5,15912
1997—#6,1009
1996—#3,20222
1995—#3,02023
1994—#3,32620
1993—#3,14121
1992—#3,22020
1991—#3,10520
1990—#3,60716
1989—#2,20631
1988—#2,30526
1987—#1,89633
1986—#2,68419
1985—#1,86631
1984—#1,58138
1983—#1,59437
1982—#1,62237
1981—#1,50041
1980—#1,43244
1979—#1,15461
1978—#98976
1977—#1,06466
1976—#90584
1975—#88687
1974—#96971
1973—#86584
1972—#80499
1971—#83894
1970—#753119
1969—#723116
1968—#699116
1967—#674122
1966—#706110
1965—#692116
1964—#599175
1963—#610165
1962—#595170
1961—#579187
1960—#609165
1959—#634149
1958—#629149
1957—#587171
1956—#562183
1955—#542187
1954—#487220
1953—#467228
1952—#474214
1951—#441233
1950—#439231
1949—#437233
1948—#460209
1947—#405286
1946—#408244
1945—#380245
1944—#380249
1943#4,6915#341323
1942—#356294
1941—#355271
1940—#331300
1939—#328284
1938—#317299
1937—#312294
1936—#306303
1935—#326278
1934—#332269
1933—#329267
1932—#335269
1931—#345252
1930—#333279
1929—#334275
1928—#377241
1927—#344283
1926—#322313
1925—#331303
1924—#357276
1923—#343292
1922—#329309
1921#4,4646#328323
1920#4,3986#287382
1919—#256431
1918—#263409
1917—#339264
1916—#327263
1915—#273322
1914#3,6185#206401
1913—#266207
1912#2,9795#277165
1911—#27789
1910—#193136
1909—#175139
1908—#28558
1907—#38534
1906—#33039
1905—#32937
1904—#49219
1903—#65612
1902—#53616
1901—#46617
1900—#1,1626
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Kermit! It came in at #1,162, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2016–2017, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kermit is popular in 1932

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedNHWashington: #205 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,810 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #197 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,186 boysNDMinnesota: #226 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,207 boysMNIllinois: #343 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,745 boysILWisconsin: #272 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,859 boysWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedMINew York: #442 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,843 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedSDIowa: #245 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,609 boysIAIndiana: #309 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,621 boysINOhio: #245 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,293 boysOHPennsylvania: #225 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 3,203 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #474 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,058 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedNEMissouri: #331 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,607 boysMOKentucky: #186 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,311 boysKYWest Virginia: #144 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 839 boysWVVirginia: #217 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,604 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedARTennessee: #296 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,196 boysTNNorth Carolina: #223 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,700 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #409 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,870 boysLAMississippi: #297 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,473 boysMSAlabama: #334 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,083 boysALGeorgia: #403 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,866 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kermit, so not publishedHITexas: #533 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,107 boysTXFlorida: #279 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,425 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#144 · 1 in 839
  2. Kentucky#186 · 1 in 1,311
  3. North Dakota#197 · 1 in 1,186
  4. Washington#205 · 1 in 1,810
  5. Virginia#217 · 1 in 1,604

Best ever in a state: #62 in West Virginia, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#144201 in 839
Kentucky#186201 in 1,311
North Dakota#19751 in 1,186
Washington#20551 in 1,810
Virginia#217141 in 1,604
North Carolina#223201 in 1,700
Pennsylvania#225231 in 3,203
Minnesota#22691 in 2,207
Iowa#24571 in 2,609
Ohio#245141 in 3,293
Wisconsin#27261 in 3,859
Florida#27951 in 2,425
Tennessee#29681 in 3,196
Mississippi#29781 in 2,473
Indiana#30951 in 4,621
Missouri#33161 in 4,607
Alabama#33491 in 3,083
Illinois#34391 in 5,745
Georgia#40361 in 4,866
Louisiana#40951 in 3,870
New York#44291 in 9,843
California#47451 in 7,058
Texas#533111 in 5,107
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kermit
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 1,127 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 696 spots in 1901 (#1,162 → #466)
  • Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1979 (#989 → #1,154)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1909 at #175 (139 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 68 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1901–1976
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,180
  • Highest: 1 in 1,180 boys born in 1909 were named Kermit (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.2% of all boys named Kermit (2,997) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s377#175 (1909)#482
1910s2,687#193 (1910)#268
1920s2,997#287 (1920)#335
1930s2,794#306 (1936)#326
1940s2,654#331 (1940)#385
1950s1,965#439 (1950)#526
1960s1,442#579 (1961)#649
1970s841#753 (1970)#923
1980s337#1,432 (1980)#1,869
1990s176#3,020 (1995)#3,892
2000s100#5,297 (2000)#7,362
2010s63#6,307 (2014)#9,339
2020s12#10,695 (2025)#10,779

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kermit in 1932

boys
#335
269 births · 1 in 3,882 boys

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #335Kermit269
More about 1932

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 3,882 of them was named Kermit, which outranked 92.2% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kermit
  1. #332Austin273
  2. #333Alonzo271
  3. #333Grant271
  4. #335Kermit269
  5. #336Roscoe268
  6. #337Roberto267
  7. #337Seymour267
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,418Delano#3,095 → #677
  2. ↑ 969Garner#1,643 → #674
  3. ↑ 868Ronny#1,770 → #902
  4. ↑ 713Darryl#1,693 → #980
  5. ↑ 609Marc#1,589 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 467Jones#959 → #1,426
  2. ↓ 455Hamilton#831 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 393Hyman#697 → #1,090
  4. ↓ 373Davey#983 → #1,356
  5. ↓ 341Hayes#983 → #1,324

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1932 →