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 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 52,823 of them was named Germaine, which outranked 75.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,741Tinesha30
- #2,741Vania30
- #2,741Vasiliki30
- #2,801Germaine29
- #2,801Adelaida29
- #2,801Akisha29
- #2,801Araseli29
- #2,859Aislinn28
- #2,859Alessandra28
- #2,859Allana28
Tied with 57 names at #2,801; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 21,603 of them was named Germaine, which outranked 85.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).