How rare is the name Fermin?

9,361 people in the United States have the first name Fermin, about 1 in 32,265. It ranks #2,571 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FERMIN

#2,571

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,361
About
1 in 32,265
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,361 people named Fermin, 95.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.5% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Fermin peaked in 1993, when 86 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
86
In 2025*
28 ▼67%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,832 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Fermin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #2,685. The largest share of babies named Fermin, 21.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#3,444134
1920s#2,746287
1930s#2,727247
1940s#2,685305
1950s#2,713400
1960s#2,986391
1970s#2,970502
1980s#3,077585
1990s#3,195765
2000s#4,518646
2010s#6,625394
2020s#8,036176
Greatest Generation 1901–277.3%
Silent Generation 1928–459.8%
Baby boom 1946–6415.1%
Generation X 1965–8016%
Millennials 1981–9621.9%
Generation Z 1997–1220.8%
2013 and later9.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Fermin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fermin has been most common in New Mexico (10×), Texas (6×), and California (3.9×), and least common in Illinois (0.24×).

3,121 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Fermin

#2,569 Niko · 9,382#2,570 Kian · 9,366#2,572 Gilda · 9,356#2,573 Chadwick · 9,353

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fermin, most common first.

#10,523 Fermina · 1,261#15,849 Ferman · 720

Also a last name

As a last name, Fermin ranks #6,118 of 156,621, with 5,369 people. See Fermin as a last name

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