Chermaine — girls' name
178 babies named Chermaine in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
178 girls have been named Chermaine since 1970, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1994.
- 178
- total births
- 1970–1994
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Chermaine was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Chermaine in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chermaine
The Social Security Administration has registered 178 babies named Chermaine between 1970 and 1994, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chermaine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chermaine performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chermaine shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chermaine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chermaine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 178 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chermaine at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chermaine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1970
- Peak year (1974)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
178 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 17 births in a single year.
Chermaine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 82 births that decade — 46% of Chermaine's all-time total
Chermaine decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Chermaine's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Chermaine by state
Where Chermaine concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 11 | 6.2% |
11 of 178 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 6.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 6.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.