Jermaine
- Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462
- #1,492 for boys in 2025, 118 births
- Given to boys 97.8% of the time
- Around 1969: Jermaine Jackson in the Jackson 5
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 2,038 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 42,027since 1953
Jermaine over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jermaine has never cracked the top 100 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,492 | 118 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,472 | 123 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,340 | 141 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,250 | 156 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,116 | 183 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,095 | 181 | |
| 2019 | — | #997 | 210 | |
| 2018 | — | #849 | 261 | |
| 2017 | — | #817 | 276 | |
| 2016 | — | #837 | 270 | |
| 2015 | — | #764 | 312 | |
| 2014 | — | #735 | 326 | |
| 2013 | — | #742 | 314 | |
| 2012 | — | #656 | 362 | |
| 2011 | — | #563 | 447 | |
| 2010 | — | #584 | 429 | |
| 2009 | — | #564 | 470 | |
| 2008 | — | #500 | 547 | |
| 2007 | — | #478 | 563 | |
| 2006 | — | #475 | 556 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #449 | 572 |
| 2004 | — | #460 | 561 | |
| 2003 | — | #439 | 572 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #447 | 550 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #434 | 558 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #443 | 539 |
| 1999 | — | #433 | 538 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #431 | 538 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #440 | 507 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #425 | 529 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #419 | 541 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #427 | 534 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #363 | 652 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #350 | 682 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #336 | 724 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #306 | 831 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #298 | 820 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #295 | 782 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #259 | 860 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #241 | 952 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | #206 | 1,155 |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | #170 | 1,579 |
| 1983 | #2,552 | 35 | #165 | 1,562 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | #168 | 1,607 |
| 1981 | #2,342 | 42 | #161 | 1,681 |
| 1980 | #1,904 | 56 | #149 | 1,804 |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 | #180 | 1,339 |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | #188 | 1,255 |
| 1977 | #2,423 | 36 | #172 | 1,374 |
| 1976 | #1,747 | 54 | #164 | 1,425 |
| 1975 | #1,689 | 56 | #176 | 1,316 |
| 1974 | #1,616 | 58 | #151 | 1,628 |
| 1973 | #1,570 | 59 | #127 | 2,038 |
| 1972 | #1,313 | 77 | #135 | 1,967 |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 | #233 | 1,014 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #621 | 171 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #4,404 | 5 |
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
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| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
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| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #3,201 | 7 |
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| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
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| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | — | |
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| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
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| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
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| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1953
The first year at least five boys were named Jermaine! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jermaine is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#471 · 1 in 1,806
- Louisiana#672 · 1 in 3,188
- Virginia#875 · 1 in 5,322
- Florida#958 · 1 in 6,824
- Illinois#1,023 · 1 in 7,079
Best ever in a state: #41 in District of Columbia, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #471 | 6 | 1 in 1,806 |
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Florida | #958 | 14 | 1 in 6,824 |
| Illinois | #1,023 | 7 | 1 in 7,079 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| Michigan | #1,113 | 5 | 1 in 8,039 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| New York | #1,576 | 6 | 1 in 14,070 |
| Texas | #1,908 | 8 | 1 in 21,881 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 397 spots since 2020 (#1,095 → #1,492)
- Biggest jump: 3,783 spots in 1970
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 2019
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1973 at #127 (2,038 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1970–2019
Share of babies · boys
1 in 765
- Highest: 1 in 765 boys born in 1973 were named Jermaine (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,475 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 32.2% of all boys named Jermaine (13,527) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 20 | #3,033 (1958) | #3,344 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 13,527 | #127 (1973) | #215 |
| 1980s | 12,802 | #149 (1980) | #211 |
| 1990s | 6,076 | #306 (1990) | #393 |
| 2000s | 5,488 | #434 (2001) | #469 |
| 2010s | 3,207 | #563 (2011) | #754 |
| 2020s | 902 | #1,095 (2020) | #1,294 |
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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