German
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,539 for boys
German is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “the peoples of Germānia”. In 2025 it ranked 1,539th for boys in the US (112 babies).
What does German mean?
Slavic
“the peoples of Germānia”
A male given name from Russian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is German a girl's or a boy's name?
German is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 112 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is German in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 112about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 112 boys in the US were named German, making it the 1,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,423rd. Its busiest year was 1991, with 304 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the boys named German in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
German in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 112 | #1,539 |
| 2024 | 102 | #1,650 |
| 2023 | 123 | #1,465 |
| 2022 | 124 | #1,457 |
| 2021 | 115 | #1,529 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,423 |
| 2019 | 132 | #1,354 |
| 2018 | 161 | #1,181 |
| 2017 | 152 | #1,207 |
| 2016 | 171 | #1,130 |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,190 |
| 2014 | 161 | #1,166 |
| 2013 | 150 | #1,192 |
| 2012 | 166 | #1,111 |
| 2011 | 150 | #1,178 |
| 2010 | 187 | #1,036 |
| 2009 | 215 | #945 |
| 2008 | 247 | #861 |
| 2007 | 215 | #919 |
| 2006 | 237 | #847 |
| 2005 | 251 | #780 |
| 2004 | 216 | #823 |
| 2003 | 266 | #706 |
| 2002 | 226 | #761 |
| 2001 | 274 | #664 |
| 2000 | 255 | #691 |
| 1999 | 217 | #741 |
| 1998 | 210 | #758 |
| 1997 | 251 | #653 |
| 1996 | 258 | #647 |
| 1995 | 246 | #667 |
| 1994 | 252 | #654 |
| 1993 | 238 | #666 |
| 1992 | 243 | #663 |
| 1991 | 304 | #580 |
| 1990 | 269 | #612 |
| 1989 | 269 | #593 |
| 1988 | 147 | #777 |
| 1987 | 120 | #851 |
| 1986 | 105 | #886 |
| 1985 | 120 | #810 |
| 1984 | 117 | #808 |
| 1983 | 125 | #780 |
| 1982 | 116 | #823 |
| 1981 | 123 | #784 |
| 1980 | 107 | #856 |
| 1979 | 105 | #842 |
| 1978 | 88 | #920 |
| 1977 | 87 | #909 |
| 1976 | 77 | #946 |
| 1975 | 89 | #879 |
| 1974 | 71 | #969 |
| 1973 | 75 | #932 |
| 1972 | 64 | #1,007 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,138 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,070 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,050 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 56 | #968 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,106 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,383 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,214 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,668 |
| 1961 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,276 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,361 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
Names like German
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “German: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/german, updated 20 October 2026.