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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Jermaine has never cracked the top 100 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 | ||
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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 |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 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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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#66 · 1 in 272
- South Carolina#71 · 1 in 324
- Maryland#92 · 1 in 527
- Virginia#93 · 1 in 545
- Louisiana#101 · 1 in 478
Best ever in a state: #41 in District of Columbia, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #66 | 29 | 1 in 272 |
| South Carolina | #71 | 65 | 1 in 324 |
| Maryland | #92 | 43 | 1 in 527 |
| Virginia | #93 | 61 | 1 in 545 |
| Louisiana | #101 | 73 | 1 in 478 |
| Alabama | #103 | 51 | 1 in 529 |
| Mississippi | #116 | 35 | 1 in 541 |
| North Carolina | #116 | 56 | 1 in 671 |
| New York | #124 | 135 | 1 in 822 |
| Georgia | #125 | 60 | 1 in 655 |
| New Jersey | #129 | 49 | 1 in 866 |
| Tennessee | #137 | 40 | 1 in 821 |
| Illinois | #146 | 89 | 1 in 941 |
| Ohio | #149 | 69 | 1 in 1,165 |
| Florida | #151 | 66 | 1 in 829 |
| Michigan | #160 | 54 | 1 in 1,241 |
| Missouri | #163 | 30 | 1 in 1,224 |
| Connecticut | #188 | 11 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Kentucky | #192 | 17 | 1 in 1,656 |
| Wisconsin | #196 | 17 | 1 in 2,031 |
| Pennsylvania | #203 | 37 | 1 in 2,056 |
| Massachusetts | #215 | 14 | 1 in 2,422 |
| Kansas | #245 | 8 | 1 in 2,104 |
| Indiana | #252 | 16 | 1 in 2,566 |
| Oklahoma | #255 | 11 | 1 in 1,940 |
| Texas | #271 | 70 | 1 in 1,762 |
| California | #273 | 89 | 1 in 2,019 |
| Arkansas | #279 | 7 | 1 in 2,277 |
| Colorado | #355 | 6 | 1 in 3,628 |
| Arizona | #363 | 7 | 1 in 2,989 |
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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 Jermaine
- 20 spots since 2024 (#1,472 → #1,492)
- 397 spots since 2020 (#1,095 → #1,492)
- 728 spots since 2015 (#764 → #1,492)
- Biggest jump: 3,783 spots in 1970 (#4,404 → #621)
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 2019 (#849 → #997)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1973 at #127 (2,038 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1970–2019
- Highest: 1 in 765 boys born in 1973 were named Jermaine (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,475 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 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.
Jermaine in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 41,161 of them was named Jermaine, which outranked 80.1% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,343Tifany40
- #2,343Tonie40
- #2,343Turquoise40
- #2,387Jermaine39
- #2,387Annalee39
- #2,387Aura39
- #2,387Becki39
- #2,430Aaliyah38
- #2,430Aleasha38
- #2,430Alejandrina38
Tied with 42 names at #2,387; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,286 of them was named Jermaine, which outranked 97.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.