Erma is an established girls' name that peaked in 1920 and has since faded.
Erma is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,292 for girl births in the United States (and #9,172 across all names), given to 24 babies. Erma was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (1,529 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | #5,292 | — |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | #7,710 | — |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | #5,610 | — |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | #6,060 | — |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | #5,280 | — |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | #5,932 | — |
| 2019 | 21 | 21 | #5,854 | — |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | #8,785 | — |
| 2017 | 21 | 21 | #5,904 | — |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | #8,548 | — |
| 2015 | 25 | 25 | #5,344 | — |
| 2014 | 21 | 21 | #6,057 | — |
| 2013 | 17 | 17 | #7,154 | — |
| 2012 | 20 | 20 | #6,420 | — |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | #8,787 | — |
| 2010 | 16 | 16 | #7,636 | — |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #9,576 | — |
| 2008 | 26 | 26 | #5,482 | — |
| 2007 | 26 | 26 | #5,421 | — |
| 2006 | 26 | 26 | #5,285 | — |
| 2005 | 20 | 20 | #6,085 | — |
| 2004 | 27 | 27 | #4,854 | — |
| 2003 | 25 | 25 | #4,987 | — |
| 2002 | 24 | 24 | #4,956 | — |
| 2001 | 16 | 16 | #6,711 | — |
| 2000 | 23 | 23 | #5,043 | — |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | #6,608 | — |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | #5,437 | — |
| 1997 | 22 | — | #4,711 | — |
| 1996 | 22 | — | #4,645 | — |
| 1995 | 19 | — | #5,081 | — |
| 1994 | 24 | — | #4,281 | — |
| 1993 | 33 | — | #3,365 | — |
| 1992 | 24 | — | #4,282 | — |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #3,562 | — |
| 1990 | 27 | — | #3,830 | — |
| 1989 | 30 | — | #3,426 | — |
| 1988 | 30 | — | #3,247 | — |
| 1987 | 38 | — | #2,623 | — |
| 1986 | 40 | — | #2,481 | — |
| 1985 | 37 | — | #2,611 | — |
| 1984 | 35 | — | #2,637 | — |
| 1983 | 37 | — | #2,487 | — |
| 1982 | 42 | — | #2,337 | — |
| 1981 | 43 | — | #2,314 | — |
| 1980 | 53 | — | #1,986 | — |
| 1979 | 44 | — | #2,223 | — |
| 1978 | 48 | — | #1,996 | — |
| 1977 | 49 | — | #1,978 | — |
| 1976 | 56 | — | #1,720 | — |
| 1975 | 69 | — | #1,488 | — |
| 1974 | 59 | — | #1,602 | — |
| 1973 | 66 | — | #1,455 | — |
| 1972 | 86 | — | #1,227 | — |
| 1971 | 79 | — | #1,353 | — |
| 1970 | 83 | — | #1,296 | — |
| 1969 | 107 | — | #1,060 | — |
| 1968 | 116 | — | #958 | — |
| 1967 | 94 | — | #1,076 | — |
| 1966 | 146 | — | #823 | — |
| 1965 | 151 | — | #807 | — |
| 1964 | 220 | — | #695 | — |
| 1963 | 184 | — | #758 | — |
| 1962 | 216 | — | #702 | — |
| 1961 | 244 | — | #657 | — |
| 1960 | 241 | — | #654 | — |
| 1959 | 269 | — | #607 | — |
| 1958 | 303 | — | #562 | — |
| 1957 | 358 | — | #502 | — |
| 1956 | 308 | — | #528 | — |
| 1955 | 356 | — | #481 | — |
| 1954 | 412 | — | #430 | — |
| 1953 | 419 | — | #424 | — |
| 1952 | 457 | — | #385 | — |
| 1951 | 495 | — | #364 | #3,875 |
| 1950 | 544 | — | #331 | — |
| 1949 | 551 | — | #333 | #3,851 |
| 1948 | 622 | — | #309 | #3,423 |
| 1947 | 608 | — | #313 | — |
| 1946 | 603 | — | #297 | — |
| 1945 | 601 | — | #283 | — |
| 1944 | 649 | — | #273 | #2,519 |
| 1943 | 719 | — | #258 | — |
| 1942 | 761 | — | #249 | #3,025 |
| 1941 | 727 | — | #237 | — |
| 1940 | 741 | — | #228 | — |
| 1939 | 802 | — | #212 | #2,330 |
| 1938 | 791 | — | #217 | #3,683 |
| 1937 | 833 | — | #203 | — |
| 1936 | 848 | — | #201 | #3,274 |
| 1935 | 943 | — | #189 | #2,066 |
| 1934 | 1,015 | — | #180 | #3,076 |
| 1933 | 993 | — | #176 | #2,811 |
| 1932 | 1,179 | — | #166 | #2,229 |
| 1931 | 1,156 | — | #163 | #3,949 |
| 1930 | 1,218 | — | #169 | #2,495 |
| 1929 | 1,246 | — | #166 | — |
| 1928 | 1,387 | — | #157 | #4,343 |
| 1927 | 1,386 | — | #161 | #3,565 |
| 1926 | 1,485 | — | #157 | — |
| 1925 | 1,499 | — | #162 | #2,999 |
| 1924 | 1,433 | — | #168 | #3,091 |
| 1923 | 1,395 | — | #168 | #3,955 |
| 1922 | 1,419 | — | #164 | #3,336 |
| 1921 | 1,536 | — | #158 | #2,686 |
| 1920 | 1,541 | — | #152 | #2,503 |
| 1919 | 1,502 | — | #147 | #4,369 |
| 1918 | 1,472 | — | #153 | #2,945 |
| 1917 | 1,436 | — | #148 | — |
| 1916 | 1,386 | — | #145 | #3,000 |
| 1915 | 1,384 | — | #139 | #2,696 |
| 1914 | 999 | — | #147 | #3,017 |
| 1913 | 872 | — | #140 | #2,341 |
| 1912 | 781 | — | #141 | #2,110 |
| 1911 | 600 | — | #138 | #1,825 |
| 1910 | 583 | — | #140 | #1,467 |
| 1909 | 487 | — | #145 | — |
| 1908 | 477 | — | #144 | — |
| 1907 | 439 | — | #150 | — |
| 1906 | 444 | — | #139 | — |
| 1905 | 330 | — | #164 | — |
| 1904 | 345 | — | #157 | — |
| 1903 | 302 | — | #165 | — |
| 1902 | 288 | — | #166 | — |
| 1901 | 236 | — | #183 | — |
| 1900 | 275 | — | #188 | — |
| 1899 | 247 | — | #173 | — |
| 1898 | 240 | — | #188 | — |
| 1897 | 213 | — | #185 | — |
| 1896 | 192 | — | #199 | — |
| 1895 | 203 | — | #191 | — |
| 1894 | 211 | — | #185 | — |
| 1893 | 155 | — | #203 | — |
| 1892 | 160 | — | #198 | — |
| 1891 | 139 | — | #192 | — |
| 1890 | 135 | — | #205 | — |
| 1889 | 96 | — | #237 | — |
| 1888 | 83 | — | #253 | — |
| 1887 | 62 | — | #269 | — |
| 1886 | 64 | — | #261 | — |
| 1885 | 55 | — | #267 | — |
| 1884 | 53 | — | #270 | — |
| 1883 | 38 | — | #288 | — |
| 1882 | 31 | — | #321 | — |
| 1881 | 28 | — | #298 | — |
| 1880 | 30 | — | #284 | — |