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 1960
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#374 · 1 in 4,935
- Virginia#385 · 1 in 5,276
- Kentucky#386 · 1 in 5,911
- Ohio#393 · 1 in 7,481
- North Carolina#424 · 1 in 5,796
Best ever in a state: #62 in West Virginia, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #374 | 8 | 1 in 4,935 |
| Virginia | #385 | 8 | 1 in 5,276 |
| Kentucky | #386 | 6 | 1 in 5,911 |
| Ohio | #393 | 15 | 1 in 7,481 |
| North Carolina | #424 | 9 | 1 in 5,796 |
| Mississippi | #429 | 5 | 1 in 5,375 |
| New Jersey | #458 | 6 | 1 in 10,355 |
| Indiana | #464 | 5 | 1 in 10,853 |
| Louisiana | #495 | 7 | 1 in 6,028 |
| Georgia | #534 | 5 | 1 in 9,647 |
| Michigan | #552 | 6 | 1 in 15,737 |
| Pennsylvania | #569 | 6 | 1 in 19,974 |
| Illinois | #630 | 7 | 1 in 16,546 |
| Texas | #670 | 11 | 1 in 11,150 |
| California | #707 | 11 | 1 in 16,898 |
| New York | #916 | 5 | 1 in 35,888 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| 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 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 12,923 of them was named Kermit, which outranked 86.8% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).