Recorded 1993–2019 Girls' name Peak 2002 222 births

Jermia — girls' name

222 babies named Jermia in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

222 girls have been named Jermia since 1993, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.

222
total births
1993–2019
years on record
2000s
peak decade
50%
born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Jermia was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

21 babies were named Jermia in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jermia

The Social Security Administration has registered 222 babies named Jermia between 1993 and 2019, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jermia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jermia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jermia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jermia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jermia 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 222 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.

Jermia at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

222

Since 1993

27 years of records

Peak year

2002

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1993

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2019

Jermia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1993

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2002)
21
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
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Jermia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
111 births that decade — 50% of Jermia's all-time total
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Jermia by state

Where Jermia concentrates geographically — total births since 1993

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Jermia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Florida
5 2.3%
Florida share of Jermia's total US births 2.3%

5 of 222 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jermia?
222 babies have been named Jermia since 1993. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2002 with 21 births.
When was Jermia most popular?
Jermia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 111 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Jermia most popular?
The top states for the name Jermia are Florida (5 births).
How long has the name Jermia been used?
Jermia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 27 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Jermia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jeri, Jerry, Jerri, Jerrie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1993–2019 (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.