Is Ermias a boy or girl name?

Ermias is a boy’s name. Of the 2,251 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.3% were girls and 99.7% were boys.

Ermias

Recorded 1999–2025 · United States

Ermias was most popular in 2019, when 529 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,115 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,332, with 184 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,251 people named Ermias.

Ermias over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ermias’s peak in 2019. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ermias a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ermias is a boy’s name — 0.3% of the 2,251 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Ermias

Where Ermias is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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