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How popular is the name Germain?
Births per year, rank history and how many Germains are alive today.
Germain (male), a spelling of Jermaine, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2002 (ranked 3225th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2001, when 3 babies were given the name, the 3134th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Jermaine you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Jermaines born in England and Wales are between 17 and 30, and there are at least 1,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Jermaine - on average, only one in every 253 such rooms contains a Jermaine.
How many babies are named Germain each year?
Includes all spellings: Germain, Jermaine. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Germain spelling rank?
Where does the Jermaine spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Germain most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Jermaine, peaked in 2006, when 71 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Germain spelling itself peaked in 2001, with 3 babies.
How many people are called Germain?
At least 1,200 people named Germain in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Germain?
Most living Germains are between 17 and 30; the most common age is about 20.
Is Germain becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.