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Germany

#3,414 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Possibly land of the Germans

Germany has been given to 723 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #3,414 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 45 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% girls, 28% boys all-time.

Babies named Germany, 2025

1 in 73,700

Germany over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Germany over time

In 2025, Germany went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19792025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Germany: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly land of the Germans

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Germany means

Germany may mean “land of the Germans”, associated with Germānia.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Middle English Germanie, from Old English Germanie & Germania, from Latin Germānia (“land of the Germans”), from Germānī, a people living around and east of the Rhine first attested in the 1st century B.C.E. works of Julius Caesar and of uncertain etymology. The exonym was said by Strabo to derive from germānus (“close kin; genuine”), making it cognate with germane and german, but this seems unsupported. Attempts to derive it from Germanic or Celtic roots since the 18th century are all problematic, although it is perhaps cognate with the Old Irish gair (“neighbour”). Doublet of Germania.

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Origin, language, and formation

Germany is used in English.

Germany comes through Middle English Germanie, Old English Germanie and Latin Germānia.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Germania.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Germany is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mə.ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 517 girls were recorded with the name Germany between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 45 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,414 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,156 in 2020 to #3,414 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,617 in 2015 to #3,414 in 2025.

In the United States, 206 boys were recorded with the name Germany between 1979 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1986; its best national rank was #3,512 in 1986.

How common is Germany?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 73,700
45 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 35,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,414
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
51,066 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Germany sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 51,066 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Germany. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Germanys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Germany was born before 2016 — so the typical Germany is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
86.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
517
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.5% of all recorded uses (204).

Is Germany rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+999
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,742
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+5,203
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.46×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (45)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,414
2025

Spellings of Germany

Germany is not the most common spelling — Germaine is, with 77.9% against Germany's 5.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Germany is used

Across 1910–2025, Germany was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,302,964 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in —
  2. 2Michigan1 in —
  3. 3South Carolina1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Germany has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Germany by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,414
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,742
Best rank ever
#3,414
2025
Peak year
2025
45 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
517
Count in 2025
45

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,512
1986
Peak year
1986
13 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
206
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Germany

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Germany

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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