# Germaine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/germaine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒə(ɹ)ˈmeɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,274 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,364 / 7,910 (77% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 13 | 6,992 |
| 1998 | 11 | 8,186 |
| 1999 | 9 | 9,769 |
| 2000 | 9 | 10,172 |
| 2001 | 12 | 8,377 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,191 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,470 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,002 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,098 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,849 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,615 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,720 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,155 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,001 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,789 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 4,266 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,050 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,198 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,098 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,094 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,186 |
| 2017 | 17 | 5,361 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,813 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,323 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,064 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,111 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,994 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,901 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,388 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,028 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2000 | 6 | 2,416 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |

## People named Germaine

- Germaine de Staël, Genevan-French author (1766-1817)
- Germaine Greer, Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)
- Germaine Dulac, French film director (1882-1942)
- Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (1892-1983)
- Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist (1907 - 2008)
- Germaine de Randamie, Dutch mixed martial artist
- Germaine Acogny, French-Senegalese choreographer
- Saint Germaine, French saint
- Germaine Dermoz, French actress
- Germaine Dieterlen, French anthropologist (1903-1999)
- Germaine Franco, American film composer
- Germaine Van Dievoet, Belgian swimmer (1899–1990)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.