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.

Germaine**

#1,593 most common girls' name of all time · #2,751 across all names · 23% male / 77% female · used 1895–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#1,593
Rank overall
#2,751 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
130 of 146
All-time
10,274
Since 2016
102
Peak year
1972 #1,163
Best rank
#480 1928
Girls Boys peak 250/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Germaine first appears in 1895. 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 6 7 13 #13,266
2024 6 6
2023 5 10 15 #15,289
2022 5 5 10 #15,410
2021 8 8
2020 6 6
2019 11 11
2018 5 5
2017 5 17 22 #15,993
2016 6 6
2015 14 14
2014 14 14
2013 11 11
2012 6 25 31 #15,044
2011 7 23 30 #13,417
2010 29 29
2009 26 26
2008 23 23
2007 26 26
2006 5 21 26 #17,265
2005 25 25
2004 5 31 36 #16,196
2003 6 24 30 #13,919
2002 6 37 43 #13,664
2001 12 23 35 #8,232
2000 9 29 38 #9,908
1999 9 30 39 #9,532
1998 11 35 46 #8,059
1997 13 34 47 #6,874
1996 9 29 38 #8,865
1995 12 35 47 #7,084
1994 9 37 46 #8,859
1993 13 53 66 #6,660
1992 12 30 42 #7,103
1991 19 32 51 #5,024
1990 22 44 66 #4,397
1989 14 32 46 #5,881
1988 21 28 49 #4,195
1987 13 49 62 #5,639
1986 10 35 45 #6,657
1985 21 49 70 #3,874
1984 23 68 91 #3,537
1983 29 55 84 #2,923
1982 29 77 106 #3,032
1981 40 78 118 #2,419
1980 31 93 124 #2,880
1979 39 76 115 #2,397
1978 29 76 105 #2,813
1977 35 92 127 #2,472
1976 38 91 129 #2,217
1975 46 97 143 #1,940
1974 50 113 163 #1,780
1973 64 146 210 #1,485
1972 93 157 250 #1,163
1971 95 95 190 #1,199
1970 71 29 100 #1,448
1969 84 84 #1,218
1968 57 57 #1,511
1967 77 7 84 #1,212
1966 67 67 #1,326
1965 80 80 #1,202
1964 99 99 #1,099
1963 125 125 #946
1962 107 107 #1,045
1961 127 127 #959
1960 116 116 #1,000
1959 117 117 #980
1958 119 119 #949
1957 108 108 #1,004
1956 79 79 #1,172
1955 74 74 #1,160
1954 88 88 #1,050
1953 77 77 #1,105
1952 69 69 #1,143
1951 76 76 #1,065
1950 75 75 #1,065
1949 71 71 #1,066
1948 79 79 #980
1947 93 93 #921
1946 68 68 #1,027
1945 73 73 #884
1944 79 79 #857
1943 96 96 #793
1942 83 83 #839
1941 83 83 #795
1940 84 84 #769
1939 116 116 #630
1938 119 119 #632
1937 124 124 #604
1936 106 106 #643
1935 141 141 #542
1934 149 149 #530
1933 161 161 #505
1932 152 152 #533
1931 139 139 #555
1930 147 147 #561
1929 182 182 #500
1928 203 203 #480
1927 171 171 #543
1926 138 138 #606
1925 164 164 #562
1924 164 164 #573
1923 151 151 #588
1922 171 171 #547
1921 155 155 #581
1920 145 145 #597
1919 117 117 #644
1918 106 106 #701
1917 120 120 #626
1916 138 138 #572
1915 137 137 #546
1914 121 121 #508
1913 106 106 #496
1912 85 85 #530
1911 53 53 #591
1910 45 45 #639
1909 31 31 #730
1908 48 48 #534
1907 22 22 #816
1906 30 30 #677
1905 20 20 #847
1904 27 27 #681
1903 18 18 #835
1902 12 12 #1,070
1901 9 9 #1,212
1900 13 13 #1,103
1898 7 7 #1,484
1897 7 7 #1,373
1896 7 7 #1,403
1895 6 6 #1,574