Girls' name · since 1920
Kerma
Kerma has 39 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1934 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 39
- total births
- 1920–1958
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
Kerma is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 39 have been recorded since 1920.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kerma has been recorded 39 times among girls since 1920, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1958.
- 39 total births
- 1920–1958 years on record
- 1930s peak decade
- 49% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kerma's 39 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kerma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kerma's full recorded timeline at 1938, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1934 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kerma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1958
- Peak year (1934)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Kerma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1930s was Kerma's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Kerma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
19 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 19 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kerma's data
- Kerma's decade-level peak was the 1930s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1920–1958 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kerma: Baby Name Since 1920 - 39 Births, Peak 1934." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kerma. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kerma 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 July 2026.