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Kermit

Kermit means "Irish Diarmaid" and comes from Irish, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It had its heyday in the 1920s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. In total, about 16,449 American babies have carried this name since 1900.

IrishIrish "Diarmaid"
EtymologyMeaning "free man" or "without envy"
Births by decade
1900s
377
1910s
2,697
1920s
3,009
1930s
2,794
1940s
2,657
1950s
1,965
1960s
1,443
1970s
841
1980s
337
1990s
176
2000s
100
2010s
53
Peaked in the 1920s · 16,449 total U.S. births since 1900