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German

German means "Spanish name, from Germanus" and comes from Spanish, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It peaked in the 1990s and has aged gracefully since then. In the current registry, it is uncommon enough to feel personal. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

SpanishSpanish name, from Germanus
LatinLatin "germanus" – "brother, kinsman"
Births by decade
1900s
14
1910s
93
1920s
117
1930s
92
1940s
99
1950s
211
1960s
372
1970s
764
1980s
1,348
1990s
2,491
2000s
2,400
2010s
1,289
Peaked in the 1990s · 9,290 total U.S. births since 1900