Jermain

#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births

Peak · boys
1973 · 94 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,010
since 1970

Jermain over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jermain has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #817, 1973boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#8,3129
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2020#8,0679
2019#6,77712
2018#7,61710
2017#7,09511
2016#6,34913
2015#5,28917
2014#6,63212
2013#6,24113
2012#5,25617
2011#4,65920
2010#4,51721
2009#5,55416
2008#3,34433
2007#3,89326
2006#3,15334
2005#3,38929
2004#4,79317
2003#3,52825
2002#3,45025
2001#3,14328
2000#3,29925
1999#3,48022
1998#3,70819
1997#3,06424
1996#2,59029
1995#3,10022
1994#2,76626
1993#2,25734
1992#2,12836
1991#1,82343
1990#1,94639
1989#1,70545
1988#1,61844
1987#1,76037
1986#1,40350
1985#1,14766
1984#1,16661
1983#98780
1982#1,08870
1981#870104
1980#94590
1979#1,08967
1978#1,14959
1977#99874
1976#1,06761
1975#97071
1974#93676
1973#81794
1972#82694
1971#1,52632
1970#2,62113
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First appearance
1970

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.

See more about Jermain
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1973 at #817 (94 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1972–1975
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,581
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 32.2% of all boys named Jermain (647) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s641#817 (1973)#1,200
1980s647#870 (1981)#1,269
1990s294#1,823 (1991)#2,686
2000s258#3,143 (2001)#3,755
2010s146#4,517 (2010)#6,043
2020s24#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 1984

boys
#1,166
61 births · 1 in 29,588 boys

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #1,166Jermain61
More about 1984

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 29,588 of them was named Jermain, which outranked 84.1% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jermain
  1. #1,154Paulo62
  2. #1,154Woodrow62
  3. #1,154Zack62
  4. #1,166Jermain61
  5. #1,166Jarett61
  6. #1,166Jonmichael61
  7. #1,166Kalen61
  8. #1,174Baron60
  9. #1,174Bjorn60
  10. #1,174Bobbie60

Tied with 7 names at #1,166; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 958Ryne#1,562#604
  2. 472Rachel#1,448#976
  3. 399Zebulon#1,375#976
  4. 359Travon#1,327#968
  5. 347Mackenzie#1,347#1,000
Fallers
  1. 741Trumaine#949#1,690
  2. 422Basil#1,000#1,422
  3. 240Alfonzo#1,000#1,240
  4. 208Jasen#804#1,012
  5. 205Woodrow#949#1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1984