Girls' name · since 1895
Erminia
1,497 babies named Erminia in U.S. Social Security records since 1895, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,497
- born since 1895
- 1920s
- peak decade
Erminia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,497 have been recorded since 1895.
Erminia has 1,497 recorded births among girls since 1895, 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 1895 to 2006.
- #5,704 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,497 born since 1895
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erminia ranks #5,704 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,497 born since 1895, peaking in the 1920s.
- #5,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,497
- born since 1895
- 1920s
- peak decade
Erminia's 1,497 recorded births place it above 92.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Erminia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Erminia's full recorded timeline at 1948, 32% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 68% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1895, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1923 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Erminia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1895–2006
- Peak year (1923)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Erminia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (348 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Erminia's strongest decade.
348 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Erminia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 57
1900s
57 births
- 1910s
1910s
171 births
- 1920s
1920s
348 births
- 1930s
1930s
263 births
- 1940s
1940s
216 births
- 1950s 138
1950s
138 births
- 1960s 95
1960s
95 births
- 1970s 70
1970s
70 births
- 1980s 75
1980s
75 births
- 1990s 51
1990s
51 births
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 348 births (23% of all-time use).
How Erminia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Erminia's total volume
Erminia by state
Where Erminia concentrates geographically, total births since 1895
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 397 | 26.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 72 | 4.8% |
| #3 | New Mexico | | 55 | 3.7% |
| #4 | California | | 36 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 16 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 0.4% |
397 of 1,497 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Erminia's data
- Erminia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (348 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Erminias (397 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Erminia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1895–2006 (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 Erminia 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.