Name meaning & stats
German
German (Russian origin). 9,974 US babies since 1940, peak 1991.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Russian
In US birth records
Peak year: 1991
9,974 US babies were named German between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named German (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 92% of the family
- German 92%
- Germain 8%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1991)