How rare is the name Kermit?

6,232 people in the United States have the first name Kermit, about 1 in 48,465. It ranks #3,389 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KERMIT

#3,389

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,232
About
1 in 48,465
This common or more
82.3%
Who bears it

Of the 6,232 people named Kermit, 70.5% reported their origin as White, 21.9% as Black and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kermit peaked in 1919, when 431 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1919
Births that year
431
In 2025*
6 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 16,472 babies have been given the name since 1900. 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.

Kermit by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #604. The largest share of babies named Kermit, 33.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1900s#898377
1910s#6042,697
1920s#7173,009
1930s#7122,794
1940s#8442,659
1950s#1,1821,965
1960s#1,4781,442
1970s#2,159841
1980s#4,446337
1990s#8,832176
2000s#16,286100
2010s#21,80563
2020s#31,42512
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–2733.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4530.3%
Baby boom 1946–6423.1%
Generation X 1965–808.9%
Millennials 1981–962.6%
Generation Z 1997–120.9%
2013 and later0.3%

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 Kermit is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kermit has been most common in West Virginia (7.6×), North Dakota (5.1×), and Minnesota (3.2×), and least common in Washington (0.23×).

12,358 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 Kermit

#3,387 Ivanna · 6,239#3,388 Wen · 6,234#3,390 Avi · 6,230#3,391 Laureen · 6,223

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kermit, most common first.

#48,183 Kermitt · 133

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