Jermain
#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 94 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,010since 1970
Jermain over time
Rank among boys' names. Jermain has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | — | |
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| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #4,659 | 20 |
| 2010 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2007 | #3,893 | 26 |
| 2006 | #3,153 | 34 |
| 2005 | #3,389 | 29 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #3,528 | 25 |
| 2002 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #3,480 | 22 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #3,064 | 24 |
| 1996 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #2,257 | 34 |
| 1992 | #2,128 | 36 |
| 1991 | #1,823 | 43 |
| 1990 | #1,946 | 39 |
| 1989 | #1,705 | 45 |
| 1988 | #1,618 | 44 |
| 1987 | #1,760 | 37 |
| 1986 | #1,403 | 50 |
| 1985 | #1,147 | 66 |
| 1984 | #1,166 | 61 |
| 1983 | #987 | 80 |
| 1982 | #1,088 | 70 |
| 1981 | #870 | 104 |
| 1980 | #945 | 90 |
| 1979 | #1,089 | 67 |
| 1978 | #1,149 | 59 |
| 1977 | #998 | 74 |
| 1976 | #1,067 | 61 |
| 1975 | #970 | 71 |
| 1974 | #936 | 76 |
| 1973 | #817 | 94 |
| 1972 | #826 | 94 |
| 1971 | #1,526 | 32 |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jermain! It came in at #2,621, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2023, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jermain is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#409 · 1 in 3,835
- Michigan#559 · 1 in 9,190
- New Jersey#576 · 1 in 8,336
- Illinois#788 · 1 in 13,561
- California#939 · 1 in 18,381
Best ever in a state: #343 in Mississippi, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #409 | 5 | 1 in 3,835 |
| Michigan | #559 | 7 | 1 in 9,190 |
| New Jersey | #576 | 5 | 1 in 8,336 |
| Illinois | #788 | 6 | 1 in 13,561 |
| California | #939 | 9 | 1 in 18,381 |
| New York | #1,097 | 5 | 1 in 22,724 |
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See more about Jermain
- 2,383 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #10,695)
- 2,628 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #10,695)
- 5,406 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 700 spots in 1972 (#1,526 → #826)
- Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1982 (#870 → #1,088)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1973 at #817 (94 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1972–1975
- Highest: 1 in 16,581 boys born in 1973 were named Jermain (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.2% of all boys named Jermain (647) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 641 | #817 (1973) | #1,200 |
| 1980s | 647 | #870 (1981) | #1,269 |
| 1990s | 294 | #1,823 (1991) | #2,686 |
| 2000s | 258 | #3,143 (2001) | #3,755 |
| 2010s | 146 | #4,517 (2010) | #6,043 |
| 2020s | 24 | #8,067 (2020) | #9,025 |
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.
Jermain in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
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1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 22,206 of them was named Jermain, which outranked 85.5% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #989Heather75
- #989Robb75
- #989Trever75
- #998Jermain74
- #998Amy74
- #998Angela74
- #998Cristobal74
- #1,007Lemuel73
- #1,007Nestor73
- #1,007Norberto73
Tied with 8 names at #998; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.