Germaine
Germaine was the 10028th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 629th with 157 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,934 places. More babies were named Germaine in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,028 boys, up 1,036 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7boys
- Girls and boys
- 31% girls, 69% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1972157 babies
- Total since 1880
- 10,274babies recorded
Germaine popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,789 | #10,028 | 6 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | #11,064 | — | 6 |
| 2010 | — | #3,656 | — | 29 |
| 2000 | #10,172 | #3,017 | 9 | 29 |
| 1990 | #4,422 | #1,789 | 22 | 44 |
| 1980 | #2,891 | #925 | 31 | 93 |
| 1970 | #1,448 | #1,591 | 71 | 29 |
| 1960 | #999 | — | 116 | — |
| 1950 | #1,065 | — | 75 | — |
| 1940 | #765 | — | 84 | — |
| 1930 | #560 | — | 147 | — |
| 1920 | #597 | — | 145 | — |
| 1910 | #632 | — | 45 | — |
| 1900 | #1,074 | — | 13 | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Germaine, counting every spelling?
Germaine has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Germaine?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Germaine (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Germaine born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Germaine.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Germaine?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Germaine are alive today, with a median age of 44; half are between 29 and 51. That makes Germaine mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Germaine
How popular is the name Germaine?
Germaine was the 10028th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 629th with 157 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,934 places. More babies were named Germaine in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Germaine a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 31% girls, 69% boys given the name Germaine in the US.