# Jermain (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jermain/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,010 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,010 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 68, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 33 | 3,385 |
| 2009 | 16 | 5,682 |
| 2010 | 21 | 4,595 |
| 2011 | 20 | 4,738 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,361 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,416 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,835 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,395 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,510 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,309 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,860 |
| 2019 | 12 | 6,962 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,366 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,633 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,262 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,020 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 7 | 1,962 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |

## People named Jermain

- Jermain Defoe, English association football player (born 1982)
- Jermain Taylor, boxer

## 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.