Kermit
Boy · KER-mit · Irish
Kermit is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Kermit mean?
Irish: Manx and Irish surname, from Mac Diarmada
Theodore Roosevelt named a son Kermit, but the name is best known from Jim Henson's Kermit the Frog.
- Say it
- KER-mit
Is Kermit a girl's or a boy's name?
Kermit is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kermit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Kermit, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1919, with 431 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the boys named Kermit in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kermit in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,200 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 41 | #1,499 |
| 1980 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,154 |
| 1978 | 76 | #989 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,064 |
| 1976 | 84 | #905 |
| 1975 | 87 | #886 |
| 1974 | 71 | #969 |
| 1973 | 84 | #865 |
| 1972 | 99 | #804 |
| 1971 | 94 | #838 |
| 1970 | 119 | #753 |
| 1969 | 116 | #723 |
| 1968 | 116 | #699 |
| 1967 | 122 | #674 |
| 1966 | 110 | #706 |
| 1965 | 116 | #692 |
| 1964 | 175 | #599 |
| 1963 | 165 | #610 |
| 1962 | 170 | #595 |
| 1961 | 187 | #579 |
| 1960 | 165 | #608 |
| 1959 | 149 | #633 |
| 1958 | 149 | #628 |
| 1957 | 171 | #586 |
| 1956 | 183 | #561 |
| 1955 | 187 | #541 |
| 1954 | 220 | #486 |
| 1953 | 228 | #466 |
| 1952 | 214 | #473 |
| 1951 | 233 | #440 |
| 1950 | 231 | #438 |
| 1949 | 233 | #436 |
| 1948 | 209 | #460 |
| 1947 | 286 | #405 |
| 1946 | 244 | #408 |
| 1945 | 245 | #380 |
| 1944 | 249 | #380 |
| 1943 | 323 | #341 |
| 1942 | 294 | #356 |
| 1941 | 271 | #355 |
| 1940 | 300 | #331 |
| 1939 | 284 | #328 |
| 1938 | 299 | #317 |
| 1937 | 294 | #312 |
| 1936 | 303 | #306 |
| 1935 | 278 | #326 |
| 1934 | 269 | #332 |
| 1933 | 267 | #329 |
| 1932 | 269 | #335 |
| 1931 | 252 | #345 |
| 1930 | 279 | #333 |
| 1929 | 275 | #334 |
| 1928 | 241 | #377 |
| 1927 | 283 | #344 |
| 1926 | 313 | #322 |
| 1925 | 303 | #331 |
| 1924 | 276 | #357 |
| 1923 | 292 | #343 |
| 1922 | 309 | #329 |
| 1921 | 323 | #328 |
| 1920 | 382 | #287 |
| 1919 | 431 | #256 |
| 1918 | 409 | #263 |
| 1917 | 264 | #339 |
| 1916 | 263 | #327 |
| 1915 | 322 | #273 |
| 1914 | 401 | #206 |
| 1913 | 207 | #266 |
| 1912 | 165 | #277 |
| 1911 | 89 | #277 |
| 1910 | 136 | #193 |
| 1909 | 139 | #175 |
| 1908 | 58 | #285 |
| 1907 | 34 | #385 |
| 1906 | 39 | #330 |
| 1905 | 37 | #329 |
| 1904 | 19 | #492 |
| 1903 | 12 | #656 |
| 1902 | 16 | #536 |
| 1901 | 17 | #466 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
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