girls:
7.9k births since 1895
#1831 (68th percentile)
boys:
2.4k births since 1967
#2607 (43rd percentile)
overall:
10.3k births since 1895
#2636 (66th percentile)
The name Germaine is the #2,636 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,255 recorded births since 1895. This represents the 65.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,831 (68.0% percentile) for all time with 7,904 births since 1895. For boys, it ranks #2,607 (43.1% percentile) for all time with 2,351 births since 1967.
Germaine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1895 (1895 for girls and 1967 for boys). Birth data for Germaine is available in 128 out of the 129 years between 1895 and 2023 (115 years for girls and 55 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Germaine has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 33.3% of babies named Germaine were girls. Interestingly, until around 1973, the name was more popular for girls (96.1% girls from 1895 to 1972), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (73.8% boys from 1973 to 2023).
For girls, Germaine reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 30.4% percentile (ranked #422) with 170 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 170 births per million (ranked 30.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Germaine ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 1.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Germaine reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 22.6% percentile (ranked #512) with 94 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 94 births per million (ranked 22.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Germaine ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 5.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Germaine".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Germaine. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.2% confident that Germaine is pronounced as jer-MAYN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zher-MAYN, at 24.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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