Names/J

Jermain

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Jermain is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 821st, in 1973.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
90.00% of boys
Peak year
1981104 births
Best rank
#821in 1973
Since 1970
2,004people given the name
Babies named Jermain, by year of birthboys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

2,004 boys have been named Jermain in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 104 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 32%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Jermain
1970s641
1980s647
1990s294
2000s258
2010s146
2020s18

In 1981, its biggest year

Jermain was the 873rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1981 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1981.

Names that rose and fell with Jermain

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.