Germain — #10967 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Germain

The Social Security Administration has registered 985 babies named Germain between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Germain currently holds the #10967 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Germain performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 197 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Germain shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 109 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Germain in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Germain 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 985 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.