Boys' name · peaked in 1973
Jermaine name popularity since 1925
42,982 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jermaine (2.2% girls, 97.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1984 or earlier, so the typical Jermaine is about 42 years old in 2026. Jermaine peaked in 1973 as the #127 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 42,982
- Named Jermaine, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,496 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 97.8% boys
- 955 girls · 42,027 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 3.16× its national share
Peak year is the year Jermaine made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jermaine births per year, 1925–2025
1973 was the biggest year for Jermaine both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1970 and 1975, Jermaine became 9.2× more common, from 1 in 10,900 baby boys to 1 in 1,190.
- Steepest fall: Between 1984 and 1989, its share of baby boys fell by 53%, from 1 in 1,140 to 1 in 2,440.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jermaine's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jermaine.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jermaine in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 5 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 19 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 20 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 22 | 20 | #3,333 |
| 1960s | 20 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 467 | 13,527 | #176 |
| 1980s | 289 | 12,802 | #206 |
| 1990s | 91 | 6,076 | #419 |
| 2000s | 22 | 5,488 | #449 |
| 2010s | 0 | 3,207 | #766 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 902 | #1,496 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
36.9% of babies named Jermaine from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Jermaine is most popular
The index compares Jermaine's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jermaine.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 3.16× | 596 |
| Louisiana | 2.80× | 2,055 |
| South Carolina | 2.61× | 1,496 |
| Mississippi | 2.15× | 1,064 |
| Florida | 2.11× | 3,121 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jermaine and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jermaine (this page) | 42,027 | 1973 |
| Jermain | 2,010 | 1973 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jermaine's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jermaine.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jermaine (1973).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data