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.
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 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 361,814 of them was named German, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,359 names at #13,442; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 8,241 of them was named German, which outranked 93.4% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).