Recorded 1895–2025 · United States
Germaine was most popular in 1972, when 250 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,102 that year. In 2025 it ranked #13,540, with 13 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 10,274 people named Germaine.
Germaine first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1895, which makes it about 130 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 130 of the 131 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 10,274 American births named Germaine between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,576 are estimated to be alive today.
13 American babies were named Germaine in 2025, ranking #13,540 that year.
Germaine is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 10 births a year, against 20 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -48% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Germaine is a unisex name — 77.0% of the 10,274 Americans given it were girls and 23.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 1971 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 21% girls and 79% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 5,576 Americans named Germaine are alive today — 54% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 54 years old, and half are between 43 and 68.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org