Germaine
Germaine is given to both girls and boys: 6 girls and 7 boys were given it in 2025 (#13,785 among girls’ names and #10,024 among boys’, #13,806 among all names counting both); 10,274 Americans have been recorded with it since 1895 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Germaine every year since 1972.
An estimated 5,450 Americans named Germaine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 43 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Germaine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Germaine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Germaine is “a female given name from Latin transferred from the surname or borrowed from modern French.”
Also “a male given name from Latin, in modern use transferred back from the surname.”
/d͡ʒə(ɹ)ˈmeɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Germaine?
#13,785 among girls’ names, 2025
Germaine entered the girls’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #13,785 in 2025.
250 babies in 1972, the peak
Germaine peaked in 1972, when 250 babies were given it (93 girls, #1,165 among girls’ names). The 13 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 5% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,785 | 7 | #10,024 |
| 2024 | under 5 | 6 | #11,383 | |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,995 | 10 | #7,896 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,150 | 5 | #12,988 |
| 2021 | under 5 | 8 | #9,106 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 6 | #11,058 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 11 | #7,318 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 5 | #12,807 | |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,715 | 17 | #5,357 |
| 2016 | under 5 | 6 | #11,181 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 14 | #6,090 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 14 | #6,094 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 11 | #7,193 | |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,608 | 25 | #4,047 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,841 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2010 | under 5 | 29 | #3,655 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 26 | #3,952 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 23 | #4,304 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 26 | #3,928 | |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,092 | 21 | #4,405 |
| 2005 | under 5 | 25 | #3,749 | |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,995 | 31 | #3,175 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,463 | 24 | #3,654 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,185 | 37 | #2,608 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,370 | 23 | #3,655 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,164 | 29 | #3,011 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,762 | 30 | #2,817 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,180 | 35 | #2,472 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,987 | 34 | #2,412 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,051 | 29 | #2,623 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,193 | 35 | #2,262 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,074 | 37 | #2,188 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,760 | 53 | #1,663 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,183 | 30 | #2,420 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,049 | 32 | #2,253 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,417 | 44 | #1,784 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,922 | 32 | #2,164 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,216 | 28 | #2,206 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,696 | 49 | #1,469 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,769 | 35 | #1,767 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,897 | 49 | #1,395 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,545 | 68 | #1,086 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,930 | 55 | #1,245 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,041 | 77 | #1,033 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,421 | 78 | #1,030 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,891 | 93 | #925 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,400 | 76 | #1,019 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,812 | 76 | #992 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,474 | 92 | #886 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,218 | 91 | #876 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,940 | 97 | #845 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,780 | 113 | #763 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,488 | 146 | #660 |
| 1972 | 93 | #1,165 | 157 | #629 |
| 1971 | 95 | #1,197 | 95 | #830 |
| 1970 | 71 | #1,448 | 29 | #1,590 |
| 1969 | 84 | #1,219 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 57 | #1,511 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 77 | #1,213 | 7 | #3,365 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,327 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 80 | #1,201 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 99 | #1,097 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 125 | #945 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 107 | #1,048 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 127 | #957 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 116 | #998 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 117 | #978 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 119 | #946 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 108 | #1,002 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 79 | #1,170 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 74 | #1,158 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 88 | #1,049 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 77 | #1,104 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 69 | #1,139 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 76 | #1,065 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 75 | #1,064 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 71 | #1,063 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 79 | #978 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 93 | #920 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 68 | #1,025 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 73 | #883 | under 5 | |
| 1944 | 79 | #858 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 96 | #793 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 83 | #839 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 83 | #790 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 84 | #765 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 116 | #629 | under 5 | |
| 1938 | 119 | #630 | under 5 | |
| 1937 | 124 | #605 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 106 | #640 | under 5 | |
| 1935 | 141 | #541 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 149 | #531 | under 5 | |
| 1933 | 161 | #505 | under 5 | |
| 1932 | 152 | #533 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 139 | #554 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 147 | #560 | under 5 | |
| 1929 | 182 | #499 | under 5 | |
| 1928 | 203 | #480 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 171 | #541 | under 5 | |
| 1926 | 138 | #604 | under 5 | |
| 1925 | 164 | #561 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 164 | #571 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 151 | #587 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 171 | #543 | under 5 | |
| 1921 | 155 | #581 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 145 | #597 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 117 | #641 | under 5 | |
| 1918 | 106 | #699 | under 5 | |
| 1917 | 120 | #626 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | 138 | #569 | under 5 | |
| 1915 | 137 | #546 | under 5 | |
| 1914 | 121 | #508 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 106 | #495 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 85 | #525 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 53 | #586 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 45 | #632 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 31 | #723 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 48 | #529 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 22 | #804 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 30 | #669 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 20 | #833 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 27 | #672 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 18 | #821 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,044 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,171 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,073 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,420 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,314 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,344 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,489 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Germaine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,274 Americans recorded as Germaine, 77% are girls and 23% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Germaine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Germaine, and how old are they?
5,450 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 53% of the 10,274 Americans ever recorded as Germaine. The median Germaine alive today is 54 years old; half are between 43 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 6,459 people named Germaine (4,652 women and girls, 1,807 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,074 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 556 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,390 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,850 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 979 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 521 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 140 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Germaine born?
The states with the most babies named Germaine are New York, Wisconsin and Massachusetts, with 33% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Wisconsin and Massachusetts are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 666 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Wisconsin | 648 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Massachusetts | 544 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 519 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 461 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 420 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Louisiana | 403 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Maine | 395 | not ranked | 6.2× |
| California | 323 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New Hampshire | 240 | not ranked | 5.6× |
Where Germaine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Germaine is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 6.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Germaine with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 11,396 babies since 1880, Germaine is the most given (90% of them). In 2025 it was given to 13 of their 98 babies (13%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Germaine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Germaine and names like it
- Compare Germaine and GermanyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sGermaine peaked in 1972.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Germaine since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Germaine: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1972The year the most babies were named Germaine.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Germaine alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with GMost given first.