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.

German

#1,157 most common boys' name of all time · #2,747 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#1,157
Rank overall
#2,747 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
10,295
Since 2016
1,313
Peak year
1991 #581
Best rank
#581 1991
Girls Boys peak 304/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

German first appears in 1882. 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 — 112 112 #1,539
2024 — 102 102 #1,652
2023 — 123 123 #1,467
2022 — 124 124 #1,457
2021 — 115 115 #1,533
2020 — 121 121 #1,425
2019 — 132 132 #1,354
2018 — 161 161 #1,185
2017 — 152 152 #1,209
2016 — 171 171 #1,130
2015 — 155 155 #1,192
2014 — 161 161 #1,167
2013 — 150 150 #1,192
2012 — 166 166 #1,112
2011 — 150 150 #1,179
2010 — 187 187 #1,038
2009 — 215 215 #945
2008 — 247 247 #861
2007 — 215 215 #921
2006 — 237 237 #848
2005 — 251 251 #781
2004 — 216 216 #824
2003 — 266 266 #706
2002 — 226 226 #764
2001 — 274 274 #664
2000 — 255 255 #693
1999 — 217 217 #743
1998 — 210 210 #761
1997 — 251 251 #654
1996 — 258 258 #648
1995 — 246 246 #669
1994 — 252 252 #657
1993 5 238 243 #667
1992 — 243 243 #666
1991 — 304 304 #581
1990 — 269 269 #615
1989 — 269 269 #596
1988 — 147 147 #778
1987 — 120 120 #853
1986 — 105 105 #887
1985 — 120 120 #811
1984 — 117 117 #808
1983 — 125 125 #781
1982 — 116 116 #824
1981 — 123 123 #788
1980 — 107 107 #857
1979 — 105 105 #843
1978 — 88 88 #922
1977 — 87 87 #910
1976 — 77 77 #950
1975 — 89 89 #880
1974 — 71 71 #971
1973 — 75 75 #933
1972 — 64 64 #1,009
1971 — 52 52 #1,143
1970 — 58 58 #1,074
1969 — 54 54 #1,053
1968 — 35 35 #1,292
1967 — 29 29 #1,423
1966 — 56 56 #973
1965 — 45 45 #1,114
1964 — 32 32 #1,392
1963 — 41 41 #1,219
1962 — 23 23 #1,683
1961 — 27 27 #1,559
1960 — 29 29 #1,501
1959 — 23 23 #1,674
1958 — 36 36 #1,289
1957 — 21 21 #1,763
1956 — 32 32 #1,368
1955 — 22 22 #1,656
1954 — 23 23 #1,605
1953 — 16 16 #1,978
1952 — 17 17 #1,877
1951 — 11 11 #2,396
1950 — 11 11 #2,339
1949 — 7 7 #3,056
1948 — 13 13 #2,139
1947 — 12 12 #2,277
1946 — 14 14 #1,971
1945 — 11 11 #2,155
1944 — 7 7 #2,899
1943 — 9 9 #2,597
1942 — 8 8 #2,752
1941 — 9 9 #2,517
1940 — 9 9 #2,515
1939 — 8 8 #2,646
1938 — 5 5 #3,585
1937 — 6 6 #3,227
1936 — 13 13 #1,989
1935 — 8 8 #2,763
1934 — 7 7 #3,019
1933 — 9 9 #2,580
1932 — 9 9 #2,671
1931 — 9 9 #2,689
1930 — 18 18 #1,772
1929 — 15 15 #2,033
1928 — 11 11 #2,536
1927 — 7 7 #3,490
1926 — 13 13 #2,339
1925 — 10 10 #2,781
1924 — 10 10 #2,850
1923 — 14 14 #2,252
1922 — 13 13 #2,375
1921 — 12 12 #2,522
1920 — 12 12 #2,480
1919 — 9 9 #2,907
1918 — 8 8 #3,133
1917 — 12 12 #2,307
1916 — 18 18 #1,720
1915 — 16 16 #1,806
1914 — 10 10 #2,144
1913 — 10 10 #1,839
1911 — 5 5 #1,804
1910 — 5 5 #1,650
1909 — 8 8 #1,116
1908 — 6 6 #1,280
1882 — 5 5 #1,054