Masculine dossier · first seen 1900

Kermit

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kermit
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1919

Peak era

1919

Peak rank proxy

431

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1900Peak 19192024

Peak year

1919

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

16,440

Kermit is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1919, when 431 boys were named Kermit.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 16,440 Americans have been named Kermit and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1900.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1919

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