German Names
Explore names documented in German naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 399#705 | Down 52 rank positions in five years | 1975 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1900. | 25#5,131 | Up 3,402 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912. | 590#503 | Up 20 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
German-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1916. | 699#441 | Up 63 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1961. | 269#955 | Down 202 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1906. | 24#5,348 | Up 1,190 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1894. | 15#5,934 | Down 411 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
German-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2001. | 926#333 | Up 194 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1913. | 313#863 | Up 109 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1950. | 238#967 | Down 90 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 47#2,727 | Down 95 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1921. | 27#4,921 | Down 324 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1926. | 188#1,207 | Up 372 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1932. | 42#3,625 | Down 704 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | —Unranked | — | 1963 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976. | 48#2,693 | Down 776 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1905. | 103#1,638 | Up 144 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1979. | 130#1,407 | Down 518 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1911. | 5#13,788 | new | 1940 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1917. | 29#3,776 | Up 265 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1882. | 8#9,383 | Down 3,220 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912. | 83#1,902 | Down 73 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1904. | —Unranked | — | 1958 | ||
Recorded in German; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1952. | 13#6,521 | Up 1,091 rank positions in five years | 1969 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.