girls:
438 births since 1987
#5278 (8th percentile)
boys:
201 births since 1979
#4385 (4th percentile)
overall:
639 births since 1979
#7100 (8th percentile)
The name Germany is the #7,100 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 639 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,278 (7.6% percentile) for all time with 438 births since 1987. For boys, it ranks #4,385 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 201 births since 1979.
Germany first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Germany is available in 39 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (32 years for girls and 26 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 Germany has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (68.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 80.8% of babies named Germany were girls. Interestingly, until around 1997, the name was more popular for boys (69.8% boys from 1979 to 1996), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (83.5% girls from 1997 to 2023).
For girls, Germany reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #919) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Germany ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 71.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Germany reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #746) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Germany ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 40.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Germany".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Germany is pronounced as JER-muh-nee, which has 3 syllables.
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