girls:
967 births since 1923
#4749 (17th percentile)
boys:
41.8k births since 1953
#549 (88th percentile)
overall:
42.7k births since 1923
#1190 (85th percentile)
The name Jermaine is the #1,190 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 42,747 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 84.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 84.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #549 (88.0% percentile) for all time with 41,780 births since 1953. For girls, it ranks #4,749 (16.9% percentile) for all time with 967 births since 1923.
Jermaine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (1923 for girls and 1953 for boys). Birth data for Jermaine is available in 70 out of the 101 years between 1923 and 2023 (58 years for boys and 47 years for girls). 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 Jermaine has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.7% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1953, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1923 to 1952), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (97.9% boys from 1953 to 2023).
For boys, Jermaine reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 81.0% percentile (ranked #123) with 1,264 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 1,264 births per million (ranked 81.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2005, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jermaine ranks #776 for boys (14.8% percentile) with 76 births per million, which is 6.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jermaine reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 9.7% percentile (ranked #671) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 48 births per million (ranked 9.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jermaine".
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