Ermias
Ermias is a name with a single cultural origin: Amharic.
- Amharic
Meaning & Origin of Ermias
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ermias is a name with a single cultural origin: Amharic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Amharic
The Story of Ermias
Ermias first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1999, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 523 births, good for #540 nationwide. About 75% of every Ermias on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ermias ranks #1,174 for baby boys with 176 births, falling sharply (-29%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ermias
Ermias is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Ermias's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #540. Use the chart and map above to compare Ermias's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.