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Baby name
Germaine
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77% girls / 23% boys
Origin of the name
Germaine is the feminine of the French Germain, from the Latin Germanus, “brother,” also “German.”
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Classic name
7,910births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 480rank at its peak, in 1928
Where babies named Germaine are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Germaine is most common in New Hampshire (16.1 times), Maine (15.7) and Wisconsin (6.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
Names from the same era
Short-lived name
2,364births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 629rank at its peak, in 1972
Where babies named Germaine are born
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One letter apart
- Jermaine 42,027
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 100% | 0% |
| 1900s | 100% | 0% |
| 1910s | 100% | 0% |
| 1920s | 100% | 0% |
| 1930s | 100% | 0% |
| 1940s | 100% | 0% |
| 1950s | 100% | 0% |
| 1960s | 99% | 1% |
| 1970s | 37% | 63% |
| 1980s | 29% | 71% |
| 1990s | 26% | 74% |
| 2000s | 14% | 86% |
| 2010s | 10% | 90% |
| 2020s | 28% | 72% |