Is Ermal a boy or girl name?

Ermal is a unisex name. Of the 603 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 56.7% were girls and 43.3% were boys. It changed hands in 1927, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Ermal

Recorded 1899–2008 · United States

Ermal was most popular in 1916, when 34 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,256 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 603 people named Ermal.

Ermal over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ermal’s peak in 1916. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ermal a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ermal is a unisex name — 56.7% of the 603 Americans given it were girls and 43.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 1927 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org