German
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · #1,539 for boys in 2025, 112 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 304 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,290since 1882
German over time
Rank among boys' names. German has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | — | #1,539 | 112 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,650 | 102 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,465 | 123 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,457 | 124 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,529 | 115 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,423 | 121 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,354 | 132 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,181 | 161 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,207 | 152 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,130 | 171 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,190 | 155 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,166 | 161 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,192 | 150 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,111 | 166 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,178 | 150 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,036 | 187 | |
| 2009 | — | #945 | 215 | |
| 2008 | — | #861 | 247 | |
| 2007 | — | #919 | 215 | |
| 2006 | — | #847 | 237 | |
| 2005 | — | #780 | 251 | |
| 2004 | — | #824 | 216 | |
| 2003 | — | #706 | 266 | |
| 2002 | — | #762 | 226 | |
| 2001 | — | #664 | 274 | |
| 2000 | — | #692 | 255 | |
| 1999 | — | #743 | 217 | |
| 1998 | — | #759 | 210 | |
| 1997 | — | #653 | 251 | |
| 1996 | — | #648 | 258 | |
| 1995 | — | #669 | 246 | |
| 1994 | — | #655 | 252 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #667 | 238 |
| 1992 | — | #665 | 243 | |
| 1991 | — | #581 | 304 | |
| 1990 | — | #614 | 269 | |
| 1989 | — | #594 | 269 | |
| 1988 | — | #778 | 147 | |
| 1987 | — | #852 | 120 | |
| 1986 | — | #886 | 105 | |
| 1985 | — | #810 | 120 | |
| 1984 | — | #808 | 117 | |
| 1983 | — | #780 | 125 | |
| 1982 | — | #823 | 116 | |
| 1981 | — | #784 | 123 | |
| 1980 | — | #856 | 107 | |
| 1979 | — | #842 | 105 | |
| 1978 | — | #920 | 88 | |
| 1977 | — | #909 | 87 | |
| 1976 | — | #946 | 77 | |
| 1975 | — | #879 | 89 | |
| 1974 | — | #969 | 71 | |
| 1973 | — | #932 | 75 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,007 | 64 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,138 | 52 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,070 | 58 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,050 | 54 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,411 | 29 | |
| 1966 | — | #968 | 56 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,106 | 45 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,384 | 32 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,669 | 23 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,552 | 27 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,486 | 29 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,665 | 23 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,277 | 36 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,751 | 21 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,362 | 32 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,646 | 22 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,593 | 23 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,949 | 14 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,224 | 14 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,782 | 16 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
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| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named German! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where German is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#365 · 1 in 2,863
- Texas#504 · 1 in 4,118
- Arizona#546 · 1 in 4,978
- North Carolina#699 · 1 in 6,931
- Virginia#743 · 1 in 7,936
Best ever in a state: #253 in Arizona, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #365 | 85 | 1 in 2,863 |
| Texas | #504 | 39 | 1 in 4,118 |
| Arizona | #546 | 7 | 1 in 4,978 |
| North Carolina | #699 | 7 | 1 in 6,931 |
| Virginia | #743 | 5 | 1 in 7,936 |
| Florida | #803 | 10 | 1 in 8,669 |
| New York | #815 | 13 | 1 in 8,871 |
| Illinois | #940 | 7 | 1 in 11,475 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 German
- 111 spots since 2024 (#1,650 → #1,539)
- 116 spots since 2020 (#1,423 → #1,539)
- 349 spots since 2015 (#1,190 → #1,539)
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1989 (#778 → #594)
- Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1967 (#968 → #1,411)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1991 at #581 (304 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1973–2009
- Highest: 1 in 6,646 boys born in 1991 were named German (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,251 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 24.2% of all boys named German (2,488) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #943 (1882) | #943 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 14 | #1,083 (1909) | #1,150 |
| 1910s | 93 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,107 |
| 1920s | 117 | #2,002 (1929) | #2,539 |
| 1930s | 92 | #1,753 (1930) | #2,656 |
| 1940s | 99 | #1,949 (1946) | #2,457 |
| 1950s | 212 | #1,277 (1958) | #1,780 |
| 1960s | 371 | #968 (1966) | #1,312 |
| 1970s | 766 | #842 (1979) | #961 |
| 1980s | 1,349 | #594 (1989) | #797 |
| 1990s | 2,488 | #581 (1991) | #665 |
| 2000s | 2,402 | #664 (2001) | #800 |
| 2010s | 1,585 | #1,036 (2010) | #1,175 |
| 2020s | 697 | #1,423 (2020) | #1,511 |
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.
German in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 9,102 of them was named German, which outranked 93.3% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #755Ladarius212
- #755Tyrique212
- #758Josef211
- #759German210
- #759Brandan210
- #759Colt210
- #759Neal210
- #764Cortez209
- #764Jacoby209
- #766Guy208
Tied with 4 names at #759; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.