Kermit
Kermit was given to 6 boys in 2025, #11,374 among boys’ names; 16,472 Americans have been recorded with it since 1900 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,340 Americans named Kermit and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 56 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kermit by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Kermit mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Kermit is “a male given name from Manx.” Its etymology gives the sense “son of Dermot” (McDiarmid).
Variant of English and Manx Kermode, cognate with Irish Mac Diarmata and Scots Gaelic McDiarmid (“son of Dermot”). Popularized in the US by the naming of Kermit Roosevelt (after a Manx ancestor).
/ˈkɝmɪt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Kermit?
#11,374 among boys’ names, 2025
Kermit fell from #10,132 in 2015 to #11,374 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 3.7 to 3.5 per million.
431 babies in 1919, the peak
Kermit peaked in 1919, when 431 boys were given it, #256 among boys’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #11,374 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 6 | #11,633 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,907 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 5 | #13,317 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 7 | #10,132 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,478 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #10,229 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 7 | #10,287 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 6 | #11,612 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #9,262 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | #7,039 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 7 | #10,504 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,903 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,291 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,830 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,343 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,561 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,323 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,790 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,448 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,184 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,319 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,380 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,250 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,055 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,397 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,198 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,280 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,169 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,696 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,217 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,329 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,915 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,736 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,893 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,591 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,616 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,629 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 41 | #1,510 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 44 | #1,440 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,162 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 76 | #994 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,067 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 84 | #908 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 87 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 71 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 84 | #871 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 99 | #806 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 94 | #842 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 119 | #755 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 116 | #723 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 116 | #700 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 122 | #675 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 110 | #708 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 116 | #694 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 175 | #599 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 165 | #611 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 170 | #597 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 187 | #579 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 165 | #609 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 149 | #635 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 149 | #629 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 171 | #588 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 183 | #562 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 187 | #543 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 220 | #487 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 228 | #466 | 0.12 |
| 1952 | 214 | #475 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 233 | #440 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 231 | #438 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 233 | #436 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 209 | #460 | 0.12 |
| 1947 | 286 | #405 | 0.16 |
| 1946 | 244 | #408 | 0.15 |
| 1945 | 245 | #381 | 0.18 |
| 1944 | 249 | #380 | 0.18 |
| 1943 | 323 | #341 | 0.23 |
| 1942 | 294 | #356 | 0.21 |
| 1941 | 271 | #356 | 0.22 |
| 1940 | 300 | #331 | 0.26 |
| 1939 | 284 | #328 | 0.26 |
| 1938 | 299 | #318 | 0.27 |
| 1937 | 294 | #313 | 0.28 |
| 1936 | 303 | #306 | 0.29 |
| 1935 | 278 | #327 | 0.27 |
| 1934 | 269 | #332 | 0.26 |
| 1933 | 267 | #329 | 0.27 |
| 1932 | 269 | #335 | 0.26 |
| 1931 | 252 | #346 | 0.24 |
| 1930 | 279 | #333 | 0.25 |
| 1929 | 275 | #334 | 0.26 |
| 1928 | 241 | #378 | 0.22 |
| 1927 | 283 | #344 | 0.25 |
| 1926 | 313 | #322 | 0.28 |
| 1925 | 303 | #332 | 0.27 |
| 1924 | 276 | #357 | 0.24 |
| 1923 | 292 | #343 | 0.27 |
| 1922 | 309 | #330 | 0.28 |
| 1921 | 323 | #328 | 0.29 |
| 1920 | 382 | #287 | 0.36 |
| 1919 | 431 | #256 | 0.44 |
| 1918 | 409 | #263 | 0.40 |
| 1917 | 264 | #339 | 0.29 |
| 1916 | 263 | #327 | 0.30 |
| 1915 | 322 | #273 | 0.38 |
| 1914 | 401 | #206 | 0.61 |
| 1913 | 207 | #267 | 0.40 |
| 1912 | 165 | #277 | 0.38 |
| 1911 | 89 | #278 | 0.39 |
| 1910 | 136 | #193 | 0.70 |
| 1909 | 139 | #175 | 0.85 |
| 1908 | 58 | #286 | 0.38 |
| 1907 | 34 | #386 | 0.23 |
| 1906 | 39 | #332 | 0.29 |
| 1905 | 37 | #332 | 0.28 |
| 1904 | 19 | #503 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 12 | #679 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 16 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1901 | 17 | #481 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,242 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Kermit a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kermit has been given almost only to boys: 27 girls in 120 years of records.
Girls and boys named Kermit: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kermit, and how old are they?
5,340 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 16,472 Americans ever recorded as Kermit. The median Kermit alive today is 67 years old; half are between 56 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 6,232 people named Kermit (32 women and girls, 6,200 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,581 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 978 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,450 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,280 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 412 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 152 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 54 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Kermit born?
The states with the most babies named Kermit are Pennsylvania, North Carolina and West Virginia, with 22% of its births recorded by state since 1910; West Virginia is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 994 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 894 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| West Virginia | 879 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| Virginia | 827 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Minnesota | 733 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Texas | 701 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Kentucky | 649 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Ohio | 611 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Louisiana | 606 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| New York | 540 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Kermit is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Kermit is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 3.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Kermit with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 16,733 babies since 1880, Kermit is the most given (98% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kermit
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Kermit and names like it
- Compare Kermit and KermittBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sKermit peaked in 1919.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kermit since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Kermit.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Kermit alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with KMost given first.