Germain is a rare variant of German that peaked in 1972 and has since faded.
Germain is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #10,027 for boy births in the United States (and #20,694 across all names), given to 7 babies. Germain was first reported in SSA data in 1913 and peaked in 1981 (30 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,027 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,387 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,701 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,420 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,021 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,055 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,371 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,150 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,822 |
| 2013 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,197 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,148 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,685 |
| 2010 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,481 |
| 2009 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,902 |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,306 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,385 |
| 2006 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,747 |
| 2005 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,697 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,748 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,447 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,989 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,682 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,384 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,611 |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,076 |
| 1997 | 20 | — | — | #3,504 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | — | #4,701 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | — | #5,265 |
| 1994 | 26 | — | — | #2,800 |
| 1993 | 19 | — | — | #3,418 |
| 1992 | 24 | — | — | #2,870 |
| 1991 | 25 | — | — | #2,703 |
| 1990 | 21 | — | — | #3,001 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | — | #3,882 |
| 1988 | 18 | — | — | #3,008 |
| 1987 | 19 | — | — | #2,759 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | — | #3,968 |
| 1985 | 18 | — | — | #2,753 |
| 1984 | 18 | — | — | #2,642 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | — | #2,966 |
| 1982 | 28 | — | — | #1,950 |
| 1981 | 30 | — | — | #1,872 |
| 1980 | 31 | — | #10,903 | #2,077 |
| 1979 | 28 | — | — | #1,919 |
| 1978 | 20 | — | #10,277 | #2,838 |
| 1977 | 27 | — | — | #1,875 |
| 1976 | 18 | — | — | #2,454 |
| 1975 | 24 | — | — | #1,968 |
| 1974 | 21 | — | #9,215 | #2,497 |
| 1973 | 21 | — | — | #2,003 |
| 1972 | 32 | — | #8,707 | #1,700 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | — | #3,036 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #5,447 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #7,116 | — |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #6,965 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #6,910 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | — | — | #4,254 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | — | #3,882 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | — | #3,251 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | — | #3,304 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,439 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | — | #3,110 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | — | #3,201 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | — | #2,143 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | — | #3,124 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | — | #3,706 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | — | #3,588 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | — | #2,995 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | — | #4,480 |
| 1924 | 10 | — | — | #2,894 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | — | #3,976 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | — | #2,886 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | — | #3,323 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | — | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | — | #3,492 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | — | #3,040 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | — | #4,054 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | — | #2,758 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | — | #3,001 |