first name
GERMAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 24,881 people named German, 94.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% as White and 1.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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German peaked in 1991, when 304 babies got the name.
At least 10,295 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.
German by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,470. The largest share of babies named German, 34.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 German is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, German has been most common in Arizona (5.3×), California (4.3×), and Texas (2.7×), and least common in Virginia (0.35×).
7,791 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 German
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of German, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, German ranks #2,250 of 156,621, with 15,717 people. See German as a last name
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