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
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 139 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,445since 1900
Kermit over time
Rank among boys' names. Kermit has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,202 | 22 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,020 | 23 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,220 | 20 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,206 | 31 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,305 | 26 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,896 | 33 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,581 | 38 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,594 | 37 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,622 | 37 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,500 | 41 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,432 | 44 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,154 | 61 | |
| 1978 | — | #989 | 76 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,064 | 66 | |
| 1976 | — | #905 | 84 | |
| 1975 | — | #886 | 87 | |
| 1974 | — | #969 | 71 | |
| 1973 | — | #865 | 84 | |
| 1972 | — | #804 | 99 | |
| 1971 | — | #838 | 94 | |
| 1970 | — | #753 | 119 | |
| 1969 | — | #723 | 116 | |
| 1968 | — | #699 | 116 | |
| 1967 | — | #674 | 122 | |
| 1966 | — | #706 | 110 | |
| 1965 | — | #692 | 116 | |
| 1964 | — | #599 | 175 | |
| 1963 | — | #610 | 165 | |
| 1962 | — | #595 | 170 | |
| 1961 | — | #579 | 187 | |
| 1960 | — | #609 | 165 | |
| 1959 | — | #634 | 149 | |
| 1958 | — | #629 | 149 | |
| 1957 | — | #587 | 171 | |
| 1956 | — | #562 | 183 | |
| 1955 | — | #542 | 187 | |
| 1954 | — | #487 | 220 | |
| 1953 | — | #467 | 228 | |
| 1952 | — | #474 | 214 | |
| 1951 | — | #441 | 233 | |
| 1950 | — | #439 | 231 | |
| 1949 | — | #437 | 233 | |
| 1948 | — | #460 | 209 | |
| 1947 | — | #405 | 286 | |
| 1946 | — | #408 | 244 | |
| 1945 | — | #380 | 245 | |
| 1944 | — | #380 | 249 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #341 | 323 |
| 1942 | — | #356 | 294 | |
| 1941 | — | #355 | 271 | |
| 1940 | — | #331 | 300 | |
| 1939 | — | #328 | 284 | |
| 1938 | — | #317 | 299 | |
| 1937 | — | #312 | 294 | |
| 1936 | — | #306 | 303 | |
| 1935 | — | #326 | 278 | |
| 1934 | — | #332 | 269 | |
| 1933 | — | #329 | 267 | |
| 1932 | — | #335 | 269 | |
| 1931 | — | #345 | 252 | |
| 1930 | — | #333 | 279 | |
| 1929 | — | #334 | 275 | |
| 1928 | — | #377 | 241 | |
| 1927 | — | #344 | 283 | |
| 1926 | — | #322 | 313 | |
| 1925 | — | #331 | 303 | |
| 1924 | — | #357 | 276 | |
| 1923 | — | #343 | 292 | |
| 1922 | — | #329 | 309 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #328 | 323 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #287 | 382 |
| 1919 | — | #256 | 431 | |
| 1918 | — | #263 | 409 | |
| 1917 | — | #339 | 264 | |
| 1916 | — | #327 | 263 | |
| 1915 | — | #273 | 322 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #206 | 401 |
| 1913 | — | #266 | 207 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #277 | 165 |
| 1911 | — | #277 | 89 | |
| 1910 | — | #193 | 136 | |
| 1909 | — | #175 | 139 | |
| 1908 | — | #285 | 58 | |
| 1907 | — | #385 | 34 | |
| 1906 | — | #330 | 39 | |
| 1905 | — | #329 | 37 | |
| 1904 | — | #492 | 19 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #536 | 16 | |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1943
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#134 · 1 in 776
- North Dakota#143 · 1 in 834
- Virginia#194 · 1 in 1,389
- Nebraska#207 · 1 in 1,884
- Iowa#211 · 1 in 2,028
Best ever in a state: #62 in West Virginia, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #134 | 26 | 1 in 776 |
| North Dakota | #143 | 7 | 1 in 834 |
| Virginia | #194 | 22 | 1 in 1,389 |
| Nebraska | #207 | 6 | 1 in 1,884 |
| Iowa | #211 | 11 | 1 in 2,028 |
| Minnesota | #221 | 10 | 1 in 2,657 |
| North Carolina | #242 | 22 | 1 in 1,979 |
| Pennsylvania | #243 | 23 | 1 in 4,059 |
| Kansas | #248 | 7 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Wisconsin | #248 | 8 | 1 in 3,705 |
| Tennessee | #257 | 13 | 1 in 2,541 |
| Florida | #262 | 9 | 1 in 2,424 |
| Washington | #272 | 6 | 1 in 3,353 |
| Kentucky | #274 | 11 | 1 in 2,691 |
| Louisiana | #289 | 12 | 1 in 2,262 |
| Arkansas | #303 | 7 | 1 in 3,006 |
| Mississippi | #326 | 7 | 1 in 3,545 |
| Indiana | #336 | 6 | 1 in 5,704 |
| Oklahoma | #337 | 6 | 1 in 3,762 |
| Ohio | #347 | 10 | 1 in 6,791 |
| Missouri | #349 | 6 | 1 in 5,777 |
| Illinois | #362 | 10 | 1 in 7,296 |
| Georgia | #366 | 8 | 1 in 4,586 |
| Alabama | #381 | 7 | 1 in 4,896 |
| Texas | #431 | 19 | 1 in 4,102 |
| California | #468 | 10 | 1 in 8,184 |
| New York | #498 | 8 | 1 in 14,958 |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1909 at #175 (139 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 68 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1901–1976
- 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%)
- 18.2% of all boys named Kermit (2,997) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 377 | #175 (1909) | #482 |
| 1910s | 2,687 | #193 (1910) | #268 |
| 1920s | 2,997 | #287 (1920) | #335 |
| 1930s | 2,794 | #306 (1936) | #326 |
| 1940s | 2,654 | #331 (1940) | #385 |
| 1950s | 1,965 | #439 (1950) | #526 |
| 1960s | 1,442 | #579 (1961) | #649 |
| 1970s | 841 | #753 (1970) | #923 |
| 1980s | 337 | #1,432 (1980) | #1,869 |
| 1990s | 176 | #3,020 (1995) | #3,892 |
| 2000s | 100 | #5,297 (2000) | #7,362 |
| 2010s | 63 | #6,307 (2014) | #9,339 |
| 2020s | 12 | #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 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 279,059 of them was named Kermit, which outranked 12.6% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 676 names at #4,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 4,419 of them was named Kermit, which outranked 91.6% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.