Kermit — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kermit

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,440 babies named Kermit between 1900 and 2022, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kermit currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 431 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kermit performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,997 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Kermit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 994 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Kermit in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kermit 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 16,440 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.