Ermine

Boy · recorded 1906–1957

  • 1957last recorded
  • 1906best year

Most popular in 1906.

Last recorded in 1957. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ermine.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1906

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 12 recorded years as a table
Ermine, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190645
19166
19178
19185
19197
19235
19244
19295
19305
19347
19365
19572

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ermine isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1957
5
Rank in 1957
#3,993
How rare
1 in 431,447 boys
Since 1906
67

Ermine was last recorded in 1957. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1906, at 45 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ermine doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.