Uncommon German Boy Names
German names include inherited Germanic names and German forms of international classics. Every name shown is outside the latest U.S. Top 1000 for the sex displayed, including names without a published count that year. The figures describe these spellings in U.S. records; they are not rankings in the source language’s home countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1894. | 15#5,934 | Down 411 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1918. | 21#4,746 | Down 704 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1973. | 73#2,044 | Down 263 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1882. | 8#9,383 | Down 3,220 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1885. | —Unranked | — | 1918 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1904. | —Unranked | — | 1958 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1882. | —Unranked | — | 1917 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1952. | 13#6,521 | Up 1,091 rank positions in five years | 1969 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1953. | —Unranked | — | 1967 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1895. | 5#12,105 | Down 1,442 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1914. | 29#3,787 | Up 1,742 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1915. | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1956. | 21#4,767 | Down 710 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1913. | —Unranked | — | 1960 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1895. | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
Recorded in German as Günter; in U.S. records from 1929. | 7#10,037 | Down 126 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1925. | 7#10,343 | new | 2000 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1957. | —Unranked | — | 1960 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1927. | —Unranked | — | 1929 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1915. | —Unranked | — | 2011 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1962. | —Unranked | — | 1964 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1918. | —Unranked | — | 1918 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1960. | —Unranked | — | 1960 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1961. | —Unranked | — | 1961 |
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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.