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 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1892 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1914
Top girls' names in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
girls
761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 152,316 of them was named Kermit, which outranked 14.0% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 588 names at #3,618; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 1,633 of them was named Kermit, which outranked 94.5% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.