Erma
Girl · Germanic
Erma is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Erma mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages, of rare usage, variant of Irma.
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Is Erma a girl's or a boy's name?
Erma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Erma, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 1,529 girls.
Half of all the girls named Erma in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1940, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,624 |
| 1983 | 37 | #2,474 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,327 |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,305 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,981 |
| 1979 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,987 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,976 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,714 |
| 1975 | 69 | #1,481 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,598 |
| 1973 | 66 | #1,450 |
| 1972 | 86 | #1,226 |
| 1971 | 79 | #1,350 |
| 1970 | 83 | #1,293 |
| 1969 | 107 | #1,059 |
| 1968 | 116 | #958 |
| 1967 | 94 | #1,071 |
| 1966 | 146 | #823 |
| 1965 | 151 | #807 |
| 1964 | 220 | #695 |
| 1963 | 184 | #758 |
| 1962 | 216 | #702 |
| 1961 | 244 | #657 |
| 1960 | 241 | #653 |
| 1959 | 269 | #607 |
| 1958 | 303 | #562 |
| 1957 | 358 | #501 |
| 1956 | 308 | #527 |
| 1955 | 356 | #480 |
| 1954 | 412 | #429 |
| 1953 | 419 | #423 |
| 1952 | 457 | #384 |
| 1951 | 490 | #362 |
| 1950 | 544 | #330 |
| 1949 | 546 | #333 |
| 1948 | 616 | #308 |
| 1947 | 608 | #313 |
| 1946 | 603 | #297 |
| 1945 | 601 | #283 |
| 1944 | 640 | #273 |
| 1943 | 719 | #258 |
| 1942 | 754 | #249 |
| 1941 | 727 | #237 |
| 1940 | 741 | #227 |
| 1939 | 792 | #212 |
| 1938 | 786 | #216 |
| 1937 | 833 | #203 |
| 1936 | 842 | #201 |
| 1935 | 930 | #188 |
| 1934 | 1,008 | #180 |
| 1933 | 985 | #176 |
| 1932 | 1,167 | #166 |
| 1931 | 1,151 | #163 |
| 1930 | 1,207 | #169 |
| 1929 | 1,246 | #166 |
| 1928 | 1,382 | #157 |
| 1927 | 1,379 | #161 |
| 1926 | 1,485 | #157 |
| 1925 | 1,490 | #162 |
| 1924 | 1,424 | #168 |
| 1923 | 1,389 | #168 |
| 1922 | 1,411 | #163 |
| 1921 | 1,525 | #158 |
| 1920 | 1,529 | #152 |
| 1919 | 1,497 | #147 |
| 1918 | 1,463 | #153 |
| 1917 | 1,436 | #148 |
| 1916 | 1,378 | #145 |
| 1915 | 1,375 | #139 |
| 1914 | 993 | #147 |
| 1913 | 865 | #140 |
| 1912 | 774 | #141 |
| 1911 | 595 | #138 |
| 1910 | 577 | #140 |
| 1909 | 487 | #145 |
| 1908 | 477 | #144 |
| 1907 | 439 | #150 |
| 1906 | 444 | #139 |
| 1905 | 330 | #164 |
| 1904 | 345 | #157 |
| 1903 | 302 | #165 |
| 1902 | 288 | #166 |
| 1901 | 236 | #183 |
| 1900 | 275 | #188 |
| 1899 | 247 | #173 |
| 1898 | 240 | #188 |
| 1897 | 213 | #185 |
| 1896 | 192 | #199 |
| 1895 | 203 | #191 |
| 1894 | 211 | #185 |
| 1893 | 155 | #203 |
| 1892 | 160 | #198 |
| 1891 | 139 | #192 |
| 1890 | 135 | #205 |
| 1889 | 96 | #237 |
| 1888 | 83 | #253 |
| 1887 | 62 | #268 |
| 1886 | 64 | #260 |
| 1885 | 55 | #266 |
| 1884 | 53 | #268 |
| 1883 | 38 | #287 |
| 1882 | 31 | #317 |
| 1881 | 28 | #297 |
| 1880 | 30 | #282 |
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