Germain
Boy · jer-MAYN · Latin
Germain is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “brother”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Germain mean?
Latin: French form of Germanus
“brother”
The French form of Latin Germanus; St Germain, a 6th-century bishop of Paris, gave his name to Saint-Germain-des-Pres.
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Is Germain a girl's or a boy's name?
Germain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Germain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Germain, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had more boys named Germain than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Germain in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1980, 16% of the babies named Germain in the US were girls.
Germain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
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