Ermine
Last seen for girls in 1959 at #5,031 · Last seen for boys in 1957 at #3,993
Given to girls 88.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 522since 1883
Ermine over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
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| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
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| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #3,549 | 5 |
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| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 | — | |
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| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
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| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
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| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
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| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
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| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
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| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ermine! It came in at #817, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ermine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
- Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1884 (#817 → #1,024)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #817 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1883
- Highest: 1 in 18,720 girls born in 1883 were named Ermine (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 289,066 girls born in 1959 (0.00%)
- 29.3% of all girls named Ermine (153) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1958, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | #817 (1883) | #1,066 |
| 1890s | 57 | #1,017 (1892) | #1,226 |
| 1900s | 60 | #1,204 (1903) | #1,508 |
| 1910s | 153 | #1,308 (1913) | #1,714 |
| 1920s | 144 | #1,932 (1926) | #2,501 |
| 1930s | 55 | #2,688 (1933) | #3,310 |
| 1940s | 25 | #3,706 (1947) | #4,218 |
| 1950s | 7 | #5,031 (1959) | #5,031 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ermine in 1883
Top girls' names in 1883
More about 1883
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112,320 girls got a published name in 1883; 1 in 18,720 of them was named Ermine, which outranked 22.5% of the 1,054 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).