Jermaine

Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · #1,492 for boys in 2025, 118 births
Given to boys 97.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1973 · 2,038 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
42,027
since 1953

Jermaine over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jermaine has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #127, 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,492118
2024#1,472123
2023#1,340141
2022#1,250156
2021#1,116183
2020#1,095181
2019#997210
2018#849261
2017#817276
2016#837270
2015#764312
2014#735326
2013#742314
2012#656362
2011#563447
2010#584429
2009#564470
2008#500547
2007#478563
2006#475556
2005#16,4625#449572
2004#460561
2003#439572
2002#15,4325#447550
2001#15,3525#434558
2000#11,8017#443539
1999#433538
1998#10,1228#431538
1997#10,8367#440507
1996#13,5185#425529
1995#8,7669#419541
1994#11,7786#427534
1993#7,03812#363652
1992#7,51211#350682
1991#5,00419#336724
1990#6,13114#306831
1989#5,83614#298820
1988#5,89513#295782
1987#4,66017#259860
1986#4,53917#241952
1985#3,51724#2061,155
1984#2,57436#1701,579
1983#2,55235#1651,562
1982#2,64535#1681,607
1981#2,34242#1611,681
1980#1,90456#1491,804
1979#2,38739#1801,339
1978#2,68031#1881,255
1977#2,42336#1721,374
1976#1,74754#1641,425
1975#1,68956#1761,316
1974#1,61658#1511,628
1973#1,57059#1272,038
1972#1,31377#1351,967
1971#1,87746#2331,014
1970#4,76111#621171
1969#6,6176#4,4045
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1962#6,5785
1961#4,5469
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five boys were named Jermaine! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1953–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 20 spots since 2024 (#1,472#1,492)
  • 397 spots since 2020 (#1,095#1,492)
  • 728 spots since 2015 (#764#1,492)
  • Biggest jump: 3,783 spots in 1970 (#4,404#621)
  • Biggest drop: 148 spots in 2019 (#849#997)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 1973 at #127 (2,038 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1970–2019
Share of babies · boys
1 in 765
  • Highest: 1 in 765 boys born in 1973 were named Jermaine (0.13%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,475 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 32.2% of all boys named Jermaine (13,527) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s20#3,033 (1958)#3,344
1960s5#4,404 (1969)#4,404
1970s13,527#127 (1973)#215
1980s12,802#149 (1980)#211
1990s6,076#306 (1990)#393
2000s5,488#434 (2001)#469
2010s3,207#563 (2011)#754
2020s902#1,095 (2020)#1,294

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.

Jermaine in 2000

girls
#11,801
7 births · 1 in 259,434 girls
boys
#443
539 births · 1 in 3,644 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #11,801Jermaine7

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #443Jermaine539
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 259,434 of them was named Jermaine, which outranked 33.2% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jermaine
  1. #10,745Zierra8
  2. #10,745Zikia8
  3. #10,745Zyan8
  4. #11,801Jermaine7
  5. #11,801Aakilah7
  6. #11,801Aaleigha7
  7. #11,801Aalliyah7
  8. #13,154Aaisha6
  9. #13,154Aaniya6
  10. #13,154Aarica6

Tied with 1,352 names at #11,801; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 2,528Laisha#3,509#981
  2. 2,131Litzy#2,527#396
  3. 2,096Cielo#2,991#895
  4. 1,864Yamilet#2,703#839
  5. 1,775Nyah#2,567#792
Fallers
  1. 560Tatyanna#951#1,511
  2. 529Jailene#506#1,035
  3. 431Shanice#727#1,158
  4. 384Chantal#921#1,305
  5. 348Infant#658#1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 3,644 of them was named Jermaine, which outranked 96.3% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jermaine
  1. #440Randall543
  2. #441Bennett542
  3. #442Triston540
  4. #443Jermaine539
  5. #444Harley538
  6. #445Jaquan536
  7. #446Jessie533
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 4,806Maximus#5,656#850
  2. 2,950Elian#3,376#426
  3. 438Axel#799#361
  4. 437Luca#1,063#626
  5. 403Jevon#1,039#636
Fallers
  1. 1,334Trajan#996#2,330
  2. 498Jordi#743#1,241
  3. 322Auston#931#1,253
  4. 298Tyreke#737#1,035
  5. 274Tahj#863#1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000