Germaine

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls 77.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1928 · 203 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,910
since 1895

Germaine over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #480, 1928peak #629, 1972girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#9,7147
2024—#10,9386
2023#15,1945#7,73810
2022#15,3065#12,3305
2021—#8,8258
2020—#10,6056
2019—#7,17311
2018—#12,1565
2017#15,9025#5,29717
2016—#10,7446
2015—#5,99914
2014—#5,99714
2013—#7,02611
2012#14,9626#4,00325
2011#13,3477#4,22123
2010—#3,63329
2009—#3,91926
2008—#4,26723
2007—#3,89326
2006#17,1685#4,37021
2005—#3,71025
2004#16,0995#3,15831
2003#13,8446#3,62624
2002#13,5956#2,60337
2001#8,19612#3,61723
2000#9,8749#2,99329
1999#9,4799#2,79530
1998#8,01611#2,45035
1997#6,84413#2,39634
1996#8,8129#2,59029
1995#7,04112#2,25335
1994#8,8049#2,18137
1993#6,62213#1,66253
1992#7,06712#2,41230
1991#5,00419#2,22732
1990#4,38022#1,78044
1989#5,83614#2,15432
1988#4,17221#2,19728
1987#5,61313#1,46749
1986#6,61210#1,76035
1985#3,85221#1,38949
1984#3,52723#1,08468
1983#2,91029#1,23955
1982#3,01729#1,03177
1981#2,40940#1,02978
1980#2,86631#92493
1979#2,38739#1,01676
1978#2,80129#98976
1977#2,46335#88292
1976#2,21038#87591
1975#1,93546#84197
1974#1,77250#761113
1973#1,47864#660146
1972#1,16193#629157
1971#1,19495#82895
1970#1,44471#1,58229
1969#1,21484—
1968#1,50457—
1967#1,20977#3,2317
1966#1,32067—
1965#1,20080—
1964#1,09799—
1963#944125—
1962#1,043107—
1961#957127—
1960#999116—
1959#978117—
1958#947119—
1957#1,002108—
1956#1,16979—
1955#1,15774—
1954#1,04588—
1953#1,10377—
1952#1,13869—
1951#1,06376—
1950#1,06475—
1949#1,06471—
1948#97779—
1947#92093—
1946#1,02368—
1945#88173—
1944#85579—
1943#79296—
1942#83583—
1941#79083—
1940#76284—
1939#628116—
1938#629119—
1937#604124—
1936#638106—
1935#540141—
1934#530149—
1933#502161—
1932#533152—
1931#554139—
1930#560147—
1929#499182—
1928#480203—
1927#541171—
1926#602138—
1925#560164—
1924#570164—
1923#587151—
1922#542171—
1921#581155—
1920#596145—
1919#641117—
1918#697106—
1917#624120—
1916#569138—
1915#545137—
1914#507121—
1913#495106—
1912#52585—
1911#58553—
1910#63045—
1909#71931—
1908#52748—
1907#79022—
1906#66130—
1905#82520—
1904#66827—
1903#81318—
1902#1,02412—
1901#1,1369—
1900#1,05313—
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1898#1,3797—
1897#1,2637—
1896#1,2927—
1895#1,4266—
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First appearance
1895

The first year at least five girls were named Germaine! It came in at #1,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Germaine is popular in 1895

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Germaine
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1908 (#790 → #527)
  • Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1909 (#527 → #719)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1928 at #480 (203 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1903–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,681
  • Highest: 1 in 5,681 girls born in 1928 were named Germaine (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.8% of all girls named Germaine (1,644) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
  • Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s27#1,263 (1897)#1,340
1900s230#527 (1908)#822
1910s1,028#495 (1913)#582
1920s1,644#480 (1928)#556
1930s1,354#502 (1933)#572
1940s809#762 (1940)#890
1950s882#947 (1958)#1,067
1960s939#944 (1963)#1,149
1970s560#1,161 (1972)#1,885
1980s231#2,409 (1981)#4,081
1990s129#4,380 (1990)#7,207
2000s43#8,196 (2001)#13,129
2010s18#13,347 (2011)#14,737
2020s16#13,208 (2025)#14,569

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Germaine in 1895

girls
#1,426
6 births · 1 in 38,938 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #1,426Germaine6
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 38,938 of them was named Germaine, which outranked 21.1% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Germaine
  1. #1,299Veta7
  2. #1,299Vlasta7
  3. #1,299Zelpha7
  4. #1,426Germaine6
  5. #1,426Adelene6
  6. #1,426Adrienne6
  7. #1,426Afton6
  8. #1,592Adalia5
  9. #1,592Adine5
  10. #1,592Adna5

Tied with 165 names at #1,426; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. ↑ 715Glenn#1,353 → #638
  2. ↑ 670Drusilla#1,485 → #815
  3. ↑ 670Gertha#1,485 → #815
  4. ↑ 670Lorine#1,485 → #815
  5. ↑ 627Leva#1,485 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 848Gina#744 → #1,592
  2. ↓ 848Laurel#744 → #1,592
  3. ↓ 848Pennie#744 → #1,592
  4. ↓ 810Buena#782 → #1,592
  5. ↓ 780Albertina#812 → #1,592

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1895 →