Kermit
Boy nameKermit has been given to 16,472 babies in the U.S. since 1900. It peaked in 1919.
Meaning & origin /ˈkɜːmɪt/
Variant of English and Manx Kermode, cognate with Irish Mac Diarmata and Scots Gaelic McDiarmid (“son of Dermot”). Popularized in the US by the naming of Kermit Roosevelt (after a Manx ancestor). The computing sense is named after the Sesame Street character, but later provided with a backronym ("KL10 Error-Free Reciprocal Microprocessor Interchange over TTY").
Origin: Manx
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
16,472
Peak year
1919 (431 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1900
10-year trend
▼ -14%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Kermit.
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