Uncommon German Girl 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 1880. | 17#6,631 | Down 2,340 rank positions in five years | 1917 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1880. | 113#1,782 | Up 1,008 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1926. | 188#1,207 | Up 372 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1915. | 119#1,718 | Up 711 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1914. | 37#3,936 | Up 361 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1884. | 7#12,699 | Up 3,947 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1881. | 18#6,439 | Down 691 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1954. | 5#15,684 | Down 7,113 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1888. | 14#7,625 | Up 3,849 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1880. | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1954. | 28#4,829 | Down 1,072 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1894. | 8#11,129 | new | 1961 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1953. | 9#10,326 | Down 570 rank positions in five years | 1968 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1909. | —Unranked | — | 1937 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1880. | —Unranked | — | 1896 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1988. | 5#15,136 | Down 4,814 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1929. | 7#12,363 | new | 1958 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1894. | 10#9,463 | Up 1,645 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1961. | —Unranked | — | 1966 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1966. | —Unranked | — | 1969 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1958. | —Unranked | — | 1964 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1960. | —Unranked | — | 1963 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1925. | —Unranked | — | 1925 | ||
Recorded in German; in U.S. records from 1968. | —Unranked | — | 1968 |
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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.