Meaning not yet researched.
Germaine: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 7 in 2025. Its best rank was #629 in 1972.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #629 in 1972; #10,028 in 2025. About 54% of babies named Germaine in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#10,028 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1972, at #629.
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Germaine: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 7 boys in 2025. Peak: #629 in 1972 · most boys in one year: 157 (1972).
In 2025, 7 US boys were named Germaine, making it the 10,028th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,360 places from #11,388 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 6 boys named Germaine in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #629, reached in 1972. That year also had the most boys given the name: 157. For comparison, it was #6,094 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 6 US girls were named Germaine, making it the 13,789th most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #480, reached in 1928. That year also had the most girls given the name: 203. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #1,065 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Germaine in 130 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1895 with 6 babies. In all, 10,274 US babies have been given the name, 77% of them girls and 23% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,644 babies named Germaine.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 81 US boys were named Germaine; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 17. In 2025 that was about 1 in 244,011 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Jermaine (42,994 babies since 1880) and German (10,295 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Germaine in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,789 | 7 | #10,028 |
| 2024 | — | — | 6 | #11,388 |
| 2023 | 5 | #16,001 | 10 | #7,901 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,155 | 5 | #12,994 |
| 2021 | — | — | 8 | #9,111 |
| 2020 | — | — | 6 | #11,064 |
| 2019 | — | — | 11 | #7,323 |
| 2018 | — | — | 5 | #12,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,720 | 17 | #5,361 |
| 2016 | — | — | 6 | #11,186 |
| 2015 | — | — | 14 | #6,094 |
| 2014 | — | — | 14 | #6,098 |
| 2013 | — | — | 11 | #7,198 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,615 | 25 | #4,050 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,849 | 23 | #4,266 |
| 2010 | — | — | 29 | #3,656 |
| 2009 | — | — | 26 | #3,954 |
| 2008 | — | — | 23 | #4,307 |
| 2007 | — | — | 26 | #3,930 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,098 | 21 | #4,409 |
| 2005 | — | — | 25 | #3,753 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,002 | 31 | #3,179 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,470 | 24 | #3,659 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,191 | 37 | #2,612 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,377 | 23 | #3,660 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,172 | 29 | #3,017 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,769 | 30 | #2,821 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,186 | 35 | #2,475 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,992 | 34 | #2,415 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,056 | 29 | #2,628 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,198 | 35 | #2,267 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,080 | 37 | #2,193 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,766 | 53 | #1,668 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,189 | 30 | #2,425 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,055 | 32 | #2,259 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,422 | 44 | #1,789 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,928 | 32 | #2,170 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,221 | 28 | #2,211 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,701 | 49 | #1,471 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,773 | 35 | #1,769 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,898 | 49 | #1,396 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,546 | 68 | #1,087 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,931 | 55 | #1,245 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,042 | 77 | #1,033 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,421 | 78 | #1,030 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,891 | 93 | #925 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,400 | 76 | #1,019 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,812 | 76 | #992 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,474 | 92 | #886 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,218 | 91 | #876 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,940 | 97 | #845 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,780 | 113 | #763 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,488 | 146 | #660 |
| 1972 | 93 | #1,165 | 157 | #629 |
| 1971 | 95 | #1,197 | 95 | #830 |
| 1970 | 71 | #1,448 | 29 | #1,591 |
| 1969 | 84 | #1,219 | — | — |
| 1968 | 57 | #1,511 | — | — |
| 1967 | 77 | #1,213 | 7 | #3,366 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,327 | — | — |
| 1965 | 80 | #1,201 | — | — |
| 1964 | 99 | #1,097 | — | — |
| 1963 | 125 | #945 | — | — |
| 1962 | 107 | #1,048 | — | — |
| 1961 | 127 | #957 | — | — |
| 1960 | 116 | #999 | — | — |
| 1959 | 117 | #979 | — | — |
| 1958 | 119 | #947 | — | — |
| 1957 | 108 | #1,003 | — | — |
| 1956 | 79 | #1,171 | — | — |
| 1955 | 74 | #1,159 | — | — |
| 1954 | 88 | #1,050 | — | — |
| 1953 | 77 | #1,105 | — | — |
| 1952 | 69 | #1,140 | — | — |
| 1951 | 76 | #1,066 | — | — |
| 1950 | 75 | #1,065 | — | — |
| 1949 | 71 | #1,064 | — | — |
| 1948 | 79 | #979 | — | — |
| 1947 | 93 | #921 | — | — |
| 1946 | 68 | #1,026 | — | — |
| 1945 | 73 | #883 | — | — |
| 1944 | 79 | #858 | — | — |
| 1943 | 96 | #793 | — | — |
| 1942 | 83 | #839 | — | — |
| 1941 | 83 | #790 | — | — |
| 1940 | 84 | #765 | — | — |
| 1939 | 116 | #629 | — | — |
| 1938 | 119 | #630 | — | — |
| 1937 | 124 | #605 | — | — |
| 1936 | 106 | #640 | — | — |
| 1935 | 141 | #541 | — | — |
| 1934 | 149 | #531 | — | — |
| 1933 | 161 | #505 | — | — |
| 1932 | 152 | #533 | — | — |
| 1931 | 139 | #554 | — | — |
| 1930 | 147 | #560 | — | — |
| 1929 | 182 | #499 | — | — |
| 1928 | 203 | #480 | — | — |
| 1927 | 171 | #541 | — | — |
| 1926 | 138 | #604 | — | — |
| 1925 | 164 | #561 | — | — |
| 1924 | 164 | #571 | — | — |
| 1923 | 151 | #587 | — | — |
| 1922 | 171 | #543 | — | — |
| 1921 | 155 | #581 | — | — |
| 1920 | 145 | #597 | — | — |
| 1919 | 117 | #641 | — | — |
| 1918 | 106 | #699 | — | — |
| 1917 | 120 | #626 | — | — |
| 1916 | 138 | #569 | — | — |
| 1915 | 137 | #546 | — | — |
| 1914 | 121 | #508 | — | — |
| 1913 | 106 | #495 | — | — |
| 1912 | 85 | #525 | — | — |
| 1911 | 53 | #586 | — | — |
| 1910 | 45 | #632 | — | — |
| 1909 | 31 | #723 | — | — |
| 1908 | 48 | #529 | — | — |
| 1907 | 22 | #804 | — | — |
| 1906 | 30 | #669 | — | — |
| 1905 | 20 | #833 | — | — |
| 1904 | 27 | #672 | — | — |
| 1903 | 18 | #821 | — | — |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,044 | — | — |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,171 | — | — |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,074 | — | — |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,420 | — | — |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,314 | — | — |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,344 | — | — |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,489 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).