Most common german names decade by decade
1900s
male Ernst, Friedrich, Hans, Heinrich, Hermann, Karl, Otto, Paul, Walter, Wilhelm
female Anna, Bertha, Elisabeth, Emma, Frieda , Gertrud, Margarethe, Maria, Marie, Martha
1920s
male Gerhard, Günter, Hans, Heinz, Helmut, Herbert, Karl, Kurt, Walter, Werner
female Edith, Elfriede, Erna, Gerda, Gertrud, Hildegard, Ilse, Irmgard, Lieselotte, Ursula
1940s
male Dieter, Günter, Hans, Horst, Jürgen, Klaus, Manfred, Peter, Uwe, Wolfgang
female Christa, Elke, Erika, Gisela, Helga, Ingrid, Karin, Monika, Renate, Ursula
1960s
male Andreas, Frank, Jörg, Jürgen, Klaus, Michael, Peter, Stefan, Thomas, Uwe
female Andrea, Angelika, Birgit, Gabriele, Heike, Martina, Petra, Sabine, Susanne, Ute
1980s
male Alexander, Christian, Daniel, Dennis, Jan, Martin, Michael, Sebastian, Stefan, Thomas
female Anja, Christina, Julia, Katrin, Melanie, Nadine, Nicole, Sabrina, Sandra, Stefanie
2000s
male Finn, Jan, Jannik, Jonas, Leon, Luca, Lukas, Niklas, Tim, Tom
female Anna, Hannah, Julia, Lara, Laura, Lea, Lena, Lisa, Michelle, Sarah
2010s
male Ben, Leon, Paul, Jonas, Finn, Lukas, Luis, Luca, Noah, Elias
female Mia, Emma, Hannah, Sophia, Emilia, Anna, Lea, Lina, Lena, Marie