Kermith — boys' name
42 babies named Kermith in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
42 boys have been named Kermith since 1917, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1965.
- 42
- total births
- 1917–1965
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 26%
- born in that decade
26% of everyone ever named Kermith was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Kermith in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kermith
The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Kermith between 1917 and 1965, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kermith currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kermith performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kermith shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kermith 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 42 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.
Kermith at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kermith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1917
- Peak year (1925)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
42 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 6 births in a single year.
Kermith by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 11 births that decade — 26% of Kermith's all-time total
Kermith decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Kermith's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
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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, 1917–1965 (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.