Fermina — #15370 US girls' name
212 babies named Fermina in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Fermina was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Fermina in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fermina
The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Fermina between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fermina currently holds the #15370 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fermina performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Fermina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fermina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fermina 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 212 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.
Fermina at a glance
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Current rank
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Fermina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (1924)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #15370 among girls.
212 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 12 births in a single year.
Fermina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 55 births that decade — 26% of Fermina's all-time total
Fermina decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Fermina's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Fermina by state
Where Fermina concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 5.7% |
12 of 212 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.