Recorded 1979–2025 · United States
Germany was most popular in 2025, when 45 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,994 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,994, with 45 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 723 people named Germany.
Germany first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1979, which makes it about 46 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 41 of the 47 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 723 American births named Germany between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 711 are estimated to be alive today.
45 American babies were named Germany in 2025, ranking #5,994 that year.
Germany is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 31 births a year, against 20 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +56% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Germany is a unisex name — 71.5% of the 723 Americans given it were girls and 28.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 90% girls and 10% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 711 Americans named Germany are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 6 and 29.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org