German is an established boys' name that peaked in 1991 and has grown less common since.
German is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,541 for boy births in the United States (and #3,285 across all names), given to 112 babies. German was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1991 (304 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 112 | 112 | — | #1,541 |
| 2024 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,653 |
| 2023 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,467 |
| 2022 | 124 | 124 | — | #1,460 |
| 2021 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,532 |
| 2020 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,429 |
| 2019 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,357 |
| 2018 | 161 | 161 | — | #1,183 |
| 2017 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,209 |
| 2016 | 171 | 171 | — | #1,130 |
| 2015 | 155 | 155 | — | #1,193 |
| 2014 | 161 | 161 | — | #1,167 |
| 2013 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,194 |
| 2012 | 166 | 166 | — | #1,114 |
| 2011 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,182 |
| 2010 | 187 | 193 | — | #1,041 |
| 2009 | 215 | 215 | — | #945 |
| 2008 | 247 | 247 | — | #862 |
| 2007 | 215 | 215 | — | #920 |
| 2006 | 237 | 245 | — | #849 |
| 2005 | 251 | 261 | — | #780 |
| 2004 | 216 | 225 | — | #825 |
| 2003 | 266 | 274 | — | #707 |
| 2002 | 226 | 234 | — | #763 |
| 2001 | 274 | 281 | — | #664 |
| 2000 | 255 | 268 | — | #692 |
| 1999 | 217 | 230 | — | #743 |
| 1998 | 210 | 230 | — | #761 |
| 1997 | 251 | — | — | #654 |
| 1996 | 258 | — | — | #649 |
| 1995 | 246 | — | — | #670 |
| 1994 | 252 | — | — | #656 |
| 1993 | 243 | — | #14,265 | #667 |
| 1992 | 243 | — | — | #665 |
| 1991 | 304 | — | — | #582 |
| 1990 | 269 | — | — | #614 |
| 1989 | 269 | — | — | #595 |
| 1988 | 147 | — | — | #779 |
| 1987 | 120 | — | — | #854 |
| 1986 | 105 | — | — | #889 |
| 1985 | 120 | — | — | #812 |
| 1984 | 117 | — | — | #808 |
| 1983 | 125 | — | — | #781 |
| 1982 | 116 | — | — | #823 |
| 1981 | 123 | — | — | #785 |
| 1980 | 107 | — | — | #858 |
| 1979 | 105 | — | — | #844 |
| 1978 | 88 | — | — | #924 |
| 1977 | 87 | — | — | #910 |
| 1976 | 77 | — | — | #952 |
| 1975 | 89 | — | — | #881 |
| 1974 | 71 | — | — | #971 |
| 1973 | 75 | — | — | #932 |
| 1972 | 64 | — | — | #1,010 |
| 1971 | 52 | — | — | #1,140 |
| 1970 | 58 | — | — | #1,073 |
| 1969 | 54 | — | — | #1,056 |
| 1968 | 35 | — | — | #1,295 |
| 1967 | 29 | — | — | #1,421 |
| 1966 | 56 | — | — | #976 |
| 1965 | 45 | — | — | #1,116 |
| 1964 | 32 | — | — | #1,391 |
| 1963 | 41 | — | — | #1,217 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | — | #1,688 |
| 1961 | 27 | — | — | #1,558 |
| 1960 | 29 | — | — | #1,499 |
| 1959 | 23 | — | — | #1,682 |
| 1958 | 36 | — | — | #1,290 |
| 1957 | 21 | — | — | #1,767 |
| 1956 | 32 | — | — | #1,367 |
| 1955 | 22 | — | — | #1,657 |
| 1954 | 23 | — | — | #1,608 |
| 1953 | 16 | — | — | #1,993 |
| 1952 | 17 | — | — | #1,889 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | — | #2,421 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | — | #2,368 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | — | #3,118 |
| 1948 | 13 | — | — | #2,154 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | — | #2,290 |
| 1946 | 14 | — | — | #1,978 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | — | #2,171 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | — | #2,958 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | — | #2,626 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | — | #2,792 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | — | #2,546 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | — | #2,554 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | — | #2,693 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | — | #3,723 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | — | #3,293 |
| 1936 | 13 | — | — | #1,993 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | — | #2,793 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | — | #3,105 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | — | #2,615 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | — | #2,714 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | — | #2,734 |
| 1930 | 18 | — | — | #1,778 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | — | #2,034 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | — | #2,564 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | — | #3,589 |
| 1926 | 13 | — | — | #2,342 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | — | #2,824 |
| 1924 | 10 | — | — | #2,895 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | — | #2,267 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | — | #2,389 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | — | #2,543 |
| 1920 | 12 | — | — | #2,513 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | — | #2,964 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | — | #3,214 |
| 1917 | 12 | — | — | #2,340 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | — | #1,724 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | — | #1,821 |
| 1914 | 10 | — | — | #2,164 |
| 1913 | 10 | — | — | #1,856 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | — | #1,839 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,684 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,278 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #996 |