Girls' name · since 1889
Ermie
136 babies named Ermie in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,775 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1889
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ermie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 136 recorded since 1889.
Ermie has 136 recorded births among girls since 1889, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 1948.
- #23,775 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1889
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ermie ranks #23,775 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1889, peaking in the 1920s.
- #23,775 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1889
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ermie's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ermie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ermie's SSA record in two at 1928 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1889, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ermie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–1948
- Peak year (1918)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Ermie popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1959 (Ermie as boys' name)
Ermie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (40 births, 29% of the file).
1920s was Ermie's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Ermie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
39 births
- 1920s
1920s
40 births
- 1930s
1930s
34 births
- 1940s
1940s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 40 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Ermie's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 1940s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ermie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~59 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1889–1948 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ermie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.