How Many People Are Named Erma?
people named Erma are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 26,903 people in the US has this name
Based on 55,187 babies named Erma in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,541 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of IRMA. It began to be used in the English-speaking world in the 19th century, along with Irma.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Erma in English. Counting Erma and these spellings together, about 44,248 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Erma (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Erma alive today is about 72 years old, and 83% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Erma first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 1,541 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Erma has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #138, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #5,291.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,291 |
| Best rank | #138 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #162 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Erma alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Erma were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,361 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Erma was given 3.4 times as often in Arkansas, 2.5 times in Utah and 2.1 times in Oklahoma.
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