How Many People Are Named Germain?
people named Germain are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 406,402 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,034 babies named Germain in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
32 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of GERMANUS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Germain, 4.6% were girls and 95.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 7.4% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Germain alive today is about 34 years old, and 60% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Germain first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1972, to 32 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Germain has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,700, in 1972. In 2025 it ranked #10,023.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,023 |
| Best rank | #1,700 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,617 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Germain alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Germain were born in California than in any other state: about 103 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Germain was given about 5.8 times as often in California.
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