Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

German

Gender

Male

Origin

Spanish
Warrior
Relative
Latin
Brother
Russian
Soldier

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of German

Pronunciation

ge(r)-man

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #581, 304 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1539, 112 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1993 (rank #13435, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025112–
2024102–
2023123–
2022124–
2021115–
2020121–
2019132–
2018161–
2017152–
2016171–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1971 (rank #1187, 6 births); most recent 2014 (rank #4903, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence