Germain
- Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to boys 95.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1972 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 992since 1913
Germain over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Germain has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,733 | 15 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,267 | 23 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,631 | 18 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,019 | 17 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,766 | 26 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,834 | 24 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,683 | 25 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,952 | 21 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,710 | 18 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,613 | 18 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,865 | 30 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | — | #1,903 | 28 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | — | #1,858 | 27 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,948 | 24 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | — | #1,982 | 21 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,680 | 27 |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
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| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
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| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
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| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Germain! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Germain is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Germain in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Germain
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,224 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #9,714)
- 2,308 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #9,714)
- 930 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
59 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1972 at #1,680 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 59,706
- Highest: 1 in 59,706 boys born in 1981 were named Germain (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,680 in 1972, was only 1 in 60,060 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 19.9% of all boys named Germain (197) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | #2,651 (1914) | #3,123 |
| 1920s | 61 | #2,801 (1922) | #3,346 |
| 1930s | 53 | #2,101 (1931) | #2,965 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,681 (1950) | #3,681 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,038 (1960) | #4,038 |
| 1970s | 187 | #1,680 (1972) | #2,224 |
| 1980s | 197 | #1,865 (1981) | #2,746 |
| 1990s | 191 | #2,683 (1991) | #3,635 |
| 2000s | 140 | #4,267 (2008) | #5,988 |
| 2010s | 95 | #5,733 (2014) | #8,186 |
| 2020s | 18 | #9,714 (2025) | #10,891 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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