Jermya — girls' name
317 babies named Jermya in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
317 girls have been named Jermya since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 317
- total births
- 1999–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
71% of everyone ever named Jermya was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Jermya in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jermya
The Social Security Administration has registered 317 babies named Jermya between 1999 and 2018, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jermya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jermya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 225 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jermya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Jermya in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jermya 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 317 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.
Jermya at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jermya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1999
- Peak year (2006)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
317 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 38 births in a single year.
Jermya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 225 births that decade — 71% of Jermya's all-time total
Jermya decade highlights
- Peak decade 225 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jermya's strongest decade
225 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
Jermya by state
Where Jermya concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7 | 2.2% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 6 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 1.6% |
7 of 317 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.9% of nationwide
- Alabama 1.6% of nationwide
- Florida 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.2% 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, 1999–2018 (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.