German Boy
How popular is German?
#1,539 boy name in 2025
112 baby boys were named German in the US in 2025, making it the 1539th most popular boy name.
German popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,539 for boys (▲ 111 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 112 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,190 in 2015, #1,423 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (304 boys) |
| Highest rank | #580 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
German counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the German family of names ranked #1,253 for boys in 2025 (#1,354 the year before), with 126 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where German is most popular
Babies named German per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (125 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (121 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 boys)
German by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #942 |
| 1900s | 14 | #1,083 |
| 1910s | 93 | #1,588 |
| 1920s | 117 | #2,002 |
| 1930s | 92 | #1,753 |
| 1940s | 99 | #1,948 |
| 1950s | 212 | #1,276 |
| 1960s | 371 | #968 |
| 1970s | 766 | #842 |
| 1980s | 1,349 | #593 |
| 1990s | 2,488 | #580 |
| 2000s | 2,402 | #664 |
| 2010s | 1,585 | #1,036 |
| 2020s | 697 | #1,423 |
Boy names about as popular as German
Questions
- Is German a boy or girl name?
- German is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named German were boys.
- How popular is the name German?
- 112 baby boys were named German in the US in 2025, making it the 1539th most popular boy name.
- When was German most popular?
- German peaked in 1991, when 304 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #580 in 1991.
- How many people are named German?
- 10,295 babies have been named German in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,551 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is German most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, German was most common in Arizona, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.