Boys' name · since 1972
Jerman
Jerman has 451 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,387 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 451
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
451 boys have been named Jerman since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jerman has 451 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2022.
- #8,387 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 451 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jerman ranks #8,387 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 451 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,387 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 451
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jerman's 451 recorded births place it above 81.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jerman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jerman's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jerman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2022
- Peak year (1993)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Jerman by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (130 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Jerman's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Jerman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
68 births
- 1980s
1980s
116 births
- 1990s
1990s
130 births
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 130 births (29% of all-time use).
Jerman by state
Where Jerman concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 77 | 17.1% |
77 of 451 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jerman's data
- Jerman's decade-level peak was the 1990s (130 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jermans (77 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jerman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jerman draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.