# Erma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/erma/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 55,187 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 238 / 54,949 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,787 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,420 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,154 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6,057 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,344 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,548 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,904 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,785 |
| 2019 | 21 | 5,854 |
| 2020 | 20 | 5,932 |
| 2021 | 24 | 5,280 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,060 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,610 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,710 |
| 2025 | 24 | 5,292 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 5 | 4,343 |
| 1930 | 11 | 2,495 |
| 1931 | 5 | 3,949 |
| 1932 | 12 | 2,229 |
| 1933 | 8 | 2,811 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3,076 |
| 1935 | 13 | 2,066 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,274 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,683 |
| 1939 | 10 | 2,330 |
| 1942 | 7 | 3,025 |
| 1944 | 9 | 2,519 |
| 1948 | 6 | 3,423 |
| 1949 | 5 | 3,851 |
| 1951 | 5 | 3,875 |

## People named Erma

- Erma Bombeck, American humorist and writer (1927–1996)
- Erma Franklin, American musician, gospel and soul singer (1938–2002)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.