first name
GERMAINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,459 people named Germaine, 46% reported their origin as Black, 40.1% as White and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 72% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Germaine peaked in 1972, when 250 babies got the name.
At least 10,274 babies have been given the name since 1895. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Germaine by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,018. The largest share of babies named Germaine, 24.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Germaine is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Germaine has been most common in Maine (16×), New Hampshire (13×), and Rhode Island (6.1×), and least common in Texas (0.19×).
5,659 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Germaine
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Germaine, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Germaine ranks #21,366 of 156,621, with 1,247 people. See Germaine as a last name
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