Erma — #7567 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Erma

The Social Security Administration has registered 54,923 babies named Erma between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Erma currently holds the #7567 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 1,529 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 14,260 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Erma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,978 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Erma in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 54,923 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.