girls:
522 births since 1883
#5194 (9th percentile)
boys:
67 births since 1906
#4519 (1st percentile)
overall:
589 births since 1883
#7150 (8th percentile)
The name Ermine is the #7,150 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 589 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 7.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,194 (9.1% percentile) for all time with 522 births since 1883. For boys, it ranks #4,519 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 67 births since 1906.
Ermine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for girls and 1906 for boys). Birth data for Ermine is available in 52 out of the 77 years between 1883 and 1959 (51 years for girls and 12 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ermine has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.6% of all recorded births being female. In 1959, 100.0% of babies named Ermine were girls.
For girls, Ermine reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #560) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1883, with 50 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1959.
For boys, Ermine reached its peak popularity in 1906, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #239) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 1906, with 42 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1957.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ermine".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Ermine. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.3% confident that Ermine is pronounced as ER-mihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ER-muhn, at 14.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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