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
- Peak · girls
- 1928 · 203 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,910since 1895
Germaine over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #13,208 | 6 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | — | #3,633 | 29 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,919 | 26 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,267 | 23 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,893 | 26 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | — | #3,710 | 25 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #3,158 | 31 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #3,626 | 24 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #2,603 | 37 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #2,993 | 29 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #2,450 | 35 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #2,253 | 35 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #2,181 | 37 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #1,662 | 53 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #2,227 | 32 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | #1,780 | 44 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #1,467 | 49 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #1,760 | 35 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | #1,084 | 68 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 | #1,239 | 55 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | #1,031 | 77 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | #1,029 | 78 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | #924 | 93 |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 | #1,016 | 76 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #989 | 76 |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 | #882 | 92 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 | #875 | 91 |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 | #841 | 97 |
| 1974 | #1,772 | 50 | #761 | 113 |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 | #660 | 146 |
| 1972 | #1,161 | 93 | #629 | 157 |
| 1971 | #1,194 | 95 | #828 | 95 |
| 1970 | #1,444 | 71 | #1,582 | 29 |
| 1969 | #1,214 | 84 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,504 | 57 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,209 | 77 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #1,320 | 67 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,200 | 80 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,097 | 99 | — | |
| 1963 | #944 | 125 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,043 | 107 | — | |
| 1961 | #957 | 127 | — | |
| 1960 | #999 | 116 | — | |
| 1959 | #978 | 117 | — | |
| 1958 | #947 | 119 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,002 | 108 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,169 | 79 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,157 | 74 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,045 | 88 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,103 | 77 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,138 | 69 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,063 | 76 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,064 | 75 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,064 | 71 | — | |
| 1948 | #977 | 79 | — | |
| 1947 | #920 | 93 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,023 | 68 | — | |
| 1945 | #881 | 73 | — | |
| 1944 | #855 | 79 | — | |
| 1943 | #792 | 96 | — | |
| 1942 | #835 | 83 | — | |
| 1941 | #790 | 83 | — | |
| 1940 | #762 | 84 | — | |
| 1939 | #628 | 116 | — | |
| 1938 | #629 | 119 | — | |
| 1937 | #604 | 124 | — | |
| 1936 | #638 | 106 | — | |
| 1935 | #540 | 141 | — | |
| 1934 | #530 | 149 | — | |
| 1933 | #502 | 161 | — | |
| 1932 | #533 | 152 | — | |
| 1931 | #554 | 139 | — | |
| 1930 | #560 | 147 | — | |
| 1929 | #499 | 182 | — | |
| 1928 | #480 | 203 | — | |
| 1927 | #541 | 171 | — | |
| 1926 | #602 | 138 | — | |
| 1925 | #560 | 164 | — | |
| 1924 | #570 | 164 | — | |
| 1923 | #587 | 151 | — | |
| 1922 | #542 | 171 | — | |
| 1921 | #581 | 155 | — | |
| 1920 | #596 | 145 | — | |
| 1919 | #641 | 117 | — | |
| 1918 | #697 | 106 | — | |
| 1917 | #624 | 120 | — | |
| 1916 | #569 | 138 | — | |
| 1915 | #545 | 137 | — | |
| 1914 | #507 | 121 | — | |
| 1913 | #495 | 106 | — | |
| 1912 | #525 | 85 | — | |
| 1911 | #585 | 53 | — | |
| 1910 | #630 | 45 | — | |
| 1909 | #719 | 31 | — | |
| 1908 | #527 | 48 | — | |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | — | |
| 1906 | #661 | 30 | — | |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 | — | |
| 1904 | #668 | 27 | — | |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1945
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#182 · 1 in 1,118
- Wisconsin#250 · 1 in 2,947
- Michigan#420 · 1 in 6,233
- Illinois#656 · 1 in 12,304
- New York#662 · 1 in 13,538
Best ever in a state: #25 in New Hampshire, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #182 | 6 | 1 in 1,118 |
| Wisconsin | #250 | 9 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Michigan | #420 | 8 | 1 in 6,233 |
| Illinois | #656 | 5 | 1 in 12,304 |
| New York | #662 | 8 | 1 in 13,538 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Germaine
- Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1908 (#790 → #527)
- Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1909 (#527 → #719)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1928 at #480 (203 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1903–1945
- 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%)
- 20.8% of all girls named Germaine (1,644) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 27 | #1,263 (1897) | #1,340 |
| 1900s | 230 | #527 (1908) | #822 |
| 1910s | 1,028 | #495 (1913) | #582 |
| 1920s | 1,644 | #480 (1928) | #556 |
| 1930s | 1,354 | #502 (1933) | #572 |
| 1940s | 809 | #762 (1940) | #890 |
| 1950s | 882 | #947 (1958) | #1,067 |
| 1960s | 939 | #944 (1963) | #1,149 |
| 1970s | 560 | #1,161 (1972) | #1,885 |
| 1980s | 231 | #2,409 (1981) | #4,081 |
| 1990s | 129 | #4,380 (1990) | #7,207 |
| 2000s | 43 | #8,196 (2001) | #13,129 |
| 2010s | 18 | #13,347 (2011) | #14,737 |
| 2020s | 16 | #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 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 17,905 of them was named Germaine, which outranked 83.2% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #873Marilou74
- #873Marty74
- #873Shelly74
- #881Germaine73
- #881Clementine73
- #881Ernestina73
- #881Graciela73
- #889Ima72
- #889Jocelyn72
- #889Jody72
Tied with 7 names at #881; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.