Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Germain

#4,714 most common boys' name of all time · #11,607 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1913–2025

Rank among boys
#4,714
Rank overall
#11,607 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
1,034
Since 2016
50
Peak year
1972 #1,698
Best rank
#1,698 1972
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
192019401960198020002020

Germain first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 7 #9,780
2024 6 6 #11,035
2020 5 5 #12,152
2019 9 9 #8,271
2018 7 7 #9,752
2017 7 7 #9,759
2016 9 9 #8,203
2015 6 6 #10,746
2014 15 15 #5,763
2013 11 11 #7,067
2012 8 8 #8,937
2011 10 10 #7,560
2010 13 13 #6,396
2009 15 15 #5,831
2008 23 23 #4,290
2007 13 13 #6,300
2006 19 19 #4,703
2005 18 18 #4,655
2004 9 9 #7,602
2003 9 9 #7,309
2002 15 15 #4,954
2001 6 6 #9,358
2000 13 13 #5,336
1999 15 15 #4,573
1998 17 17 #4,051
1997 20 20 #3,484
1996 13 13 #4,663
1995 11 11 #5,180
1994 26 26 #2,786
1993 19 19 #3,396
1992 24 24 #2,856
1991 25 25 #2,694
1990 21 21 #2,982
1989 14 14 #3,853
1988 18 18 #2,987
1987 19 19 #2,754
1986 11 11 #3,951
1985 18 18 #2,754
1984 18 18 #2,638
1983 15 15 #2,964
1982 28 28 #1,958
1981 30 30 #1,880
1980 5 26 31 #2,079
1979 28 28 #1,926
1978 5 15 20 #2,849
1977 27 27 #1,878
1976 18 18 #2,447
1975 24 24 #1,962
1974 5 16 21 #2,494
1973 21 21 #2,012
1972 5 27 32 #1,698
1971 11 11 #3,040
1966 7 7
1964 5 5
1963 5 5
1961 5 5
1960 5 5 #4,245
1950 5 5 #3,889
1939 6 6 #3,311
1936 6 6 #3,362
1934 6 6 #3,485
1933 7 7 #3,154
1932 7 7 #3,258
1931 13 13 #2,192
1930 8 8 #3,199
1929 6 6 #3,738
1927 7 7 #3,616
1926 9 9 #3,052
1925 5 5 #4,438
1924 10 10 #2,954
1923 6 6 #4,005
1922 10 10 #2,945
1920 8 8 #3,351
1919 8 8 #3,279
1918 7 7 #3,542
1917 8 8 #3,119
1915 5 5 #4,046
1914 7 7 #2,834
1913 5 5 #3,147