Jean
#2,117 for girls in 2025, 88 births · #1,169 for boys in 2025, 176 births
Given to girls 94.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1928 · 12,209 births
- Debut · girls
- 59 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 59 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 458,436since 1880
Jean over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,117 | 88 | #1,169 | 176 |
| 2024 | #2,413 | 75 | #1,140 | 185 |
| 2023 | #2,614 | 67 | #1,266 | 152 |
| 2022 | #2,463 | 73 | #1,379 | 135 |
| 2021 | #2,233 | 83 | #1,591 | 108 |
| 2020 | #2,341 | 75 | #1,415 | 122 |
| 2019 | #2,090 | 90 | #1,296 | 143 |
| 2018 | #2,387 | 76 | #1,244 | 148 |
| 2017 | #2,464 | 73 | #1,159 | 162 |
| 2016 | #2,446 | 75 | #1,080 | 182 |
| 2015 | #2,646 | 67 | #1,198 | 154 |
| 2014 | #2,371 | 77 | #1,065 | 184 |
| 2013 | #2,726 | 63 | #1,039 | 185 |
| 2012 | #2,901 | 59 | #1,027 | 190 |
| 2011 | #2,945 | 58 | #950 | 209 |
| 2010 | #2,614 | 69 | #799 | 272 |
| 2009 | #3,512 | 46 | #958 | 210 |
| 2008 | #2,887 | 61 | #920 | 222 |
| 2007 | #2,257 | 86 | #861 | 241 |
| 2006 | #2,512 | 73 | #721 | 299 |
| 2005 | #2,254 | 80 | #797 | 242 |
| 2004 | #2,264 | 77 | #684 | 294 |
| 2003 | #2,019 | 89 | #705 | 267 |
| 2002 | #2,004 | 87 | #693 | 262 |
| 2001 | #1,627 | 112 | #648 | 288 |
| 2000 | #1,533 | 118 | #629 | 292 |
| 1999 | #1,548 | 109 | #685 | 246 |
| 1998 | #1,213 | 151 | #806 | 190 |
| 1997 | #1,281 | 137 | #660 | 249 |
| 1996 | #1,246 | 140 | #680 | 240 |
| 1995 | #1,113 | 159 | #602 | 291 |
| 1994 | #977 | 189 | #606 | 297 |
| 1993 | #902 | 214 | #489 | 428 |
| 1992 | #921 | 211 | #533 | 364 |
| 1991 | #753 | 274 | #577 | 306 |
| 1990 | #771 | 265 | #521 | 357 |
| 1989 | #610 | 348 | #609 | 262 |
| 1988 | #607 | 329 | #538 | 289 |
| 1987 | #529 | 381 | #542 | 283 |
| 1986 | #517 | 400 | #550 | 260 |
| 1985 | #460 | 466 | #557 | 250 |
| 1984 | #409 | 519 | #524 | 268 |
| 1983 | #409 | 525 | #500 | 280 |
| 1982 | #381 | 603 | #516 | 271 |
| 1981 | #380 | 605 | #545 | 240 |
| 1980 | #348 | 682 | #589 | 214 |
| 1979 | #353 | 658 | #596 | 206 |
| 1978 | #334 | 652 | #617 | 182 |
| 1977 | #311 | 765 | #627 | 180 |
| 1976 | #281 | 812 | #546 | 217 |
| 1975 | #272 | 883 | #582 | 193 |
| 1974 | #261 | 960 | #522 | 230 |
| 1973 | #231 | 1,109 | #523 | 225 |
| 1972 | #212 | 1,300 | #524 | 228 |
| 1971 | #173 | 1,776 | #472 | 294 |
| 1970 | #159 | 2,112 | #490 | 273 |
| 1969 | #167 | 1,908 | #503 | 236 |
| 1968 | #158 | 2,079 | #497 | 231 |
| 1967 | #136 | 2,546 | #520 | 207 |
| 1966 | #123 | 2,919 | #535 | 201 |
| 1965 | #112 | 3,364 | #543 | 199 |
| 1964 | #100 | 4,097 | #607 | 166 |
| 1963 | #97 | 4,485 | #637 | 151 |
| 1962 | #95 | 4,877 | #664 | 137 |
| 1961 | #92 | 5,366 | #630 | 157 |
| 1960 | #86 | 5,639 | #646 | 146 |
| 1959 | #77 | 6,233 | #632 | 150 |
| 1958 | #73 | 6,521 | #636 | 146 |
| 1957 | #67 | 7,048 | #597 | 166 |
| 1956 | #65 | 7,175 | #583 | 170 |
| 1955 | #60 | 7,480 | #599 | 151 |
| 1954 | #56 | 7,665 | #587 | 159 |
| 1953 | #52 | 7,571 | #649 | 121 |
| 1952 | #50 | 7,511 | #576 | 146 |
| 1951 | #49 | 7,627 | #582 | 142 |
| 1950 | #48 | 7,432 | #520 | 165 |
| 1949 | #45 | 7,760 | #522 | 164 |
| 1948 | #47 | 7,774 | #543 | 150 |
| 1947 | #40 | 8,940 | #539 | 156 |
| 1946 | #37 | 8,554 | #521 | 152 |
| 1945 | #38 | 7,429 | #480 | 156 |
| 1944 | #37 | 7,650 | #464 | 172 |
| 1943 | #36 | 8,096 | #482 | 163 |
| 1942 | #36 | 8,257 | #492 | 157 |
| 1941 | #32 | 7,840 | #476 | 152 |
| 1940 | #29 | 8,063 | #470 | 151 |
| 1939 | #32 | 7,292 | #458 | 157 |
| 1938 | #27 | 7,764 | #449 | 166 |
| 1937 | #23 | 8,392 | #448 | 156 |
| 1936 | #20 | 8,536 | #412 | 179 |
| 1935 | #18 | 8,852 | #390 | 195 |
| 1934 | #16 | 9,718 | #418 | 178 |
| 1933 | #14 | 9,966 | #382 | 204 |
| 1932 | #15 | 10,670 | #360 | 240 |
| 1931 | #13 | 11,013 | #324 | 286 |
| 1930 | #14 | 11,986 | #325 | 288 |
| 1929 | #12 | 11,865 | #327 | 288 |
| 1928 | #12 | 12,209 | #309 | 327 |
| 1927 | #14 | 12,512 | #360 | 263 |
| 1926 | #12 | 12,168 | #335 | 298 |
| 1925 | #14 | 11,598 | #331 | 303 |
| 1924 | #16 | 10,721 | #313 | 335 |
| 1923 | #19 | 9,511 | #332 | 307 |
| 1922 | #20 | 9,109 | #347 | 289 |
| 1921 | #25 | 8,592 | #346 | 291 |
| 1920 | #33 | 7,714 | #355 | 277 |
| 1919 | #37 | 6,799 | #391 | 224 |
| 1918 | #37 | 6,600 | #398 | 225 |
| 1917 | #40 | 5,692 | #412 | 187 |
| 1916 | #45 | 5,081 | #440 | 162 |
| 1915 | #48 | 4,603 | #423 | 162 |
| 1914 | #54 | 3,281 | #450 | 113 |
| 1913 | #60 | 2,545 | #428 | 100 |
| 1912 | #64 | 2,056 | #408 | 90 |
| 1911 | #74 | 1,381 | #441 | 44 |
| 1910 | #77 | 1,246 | #396 | 44 |
| 1909 | #90 | 940 | #545 | 23 |
| 1908 | #91 | 852 | #429 | 31 |
| 1907 | #96 | 770 | #341 | 40 |
| 1906 | #100 | 666 | #411 | 28 |
| 1905 | #114 | 548 | #477 | 22 |
| 1904 | #122 | 483 | #409 | 26 |
| 1903 | #121 | 462 | #430 | 22 |
| 1902 | #138 | 408 | #440 | 22 |
| 1901 | #149 | 329 | #318 | 31 |
| 1900 | #132 | 473 | #490 | 22 |
| 1899 | #147 | 318 | #548 | 13 |
| 1898 | #146 | 341 | #435 | 21 |
| 1897 | #172 | 258 | #422 | 20 |
| 1896 | #173 | 255 | #367 | 27 |
| 1895 | #177 | 232 | #456 | 19 |
| 1894 | #166 | 242 | #439 | 19 |
| 1893 | #170 | 215 | #479 | 15 |
| 1892 | #181 | 194 | #445 | 19 |
| 1891 | #178 | 181 | #427 | 17 |
| 1890 | #185 | 160 | #489 | 15 |
| 1889 | #173 | 171 | #549 | 12 |
| 1888 | #185 | 145 | #528 | 14 |
| 1887 | #186 | 112 | #356 | 21 |
| 1886 | #182 | 124 | #578 | 11 |
| 1885 | #189 | 99 | #439 | 17 |
| 1884 | #173 | 103 | #352 | 25 |
| 1883 | #182 | 83 | #402 | 19 |
| 1882 | #221 | 60 | #540 | 12 |
| 1881 | #235 | 44 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #201 | 59 | #526 | 12 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jean was already there! It came in at #201, and was given to 59 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 61 girls a year got the name.
Where Jean is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#661 · 1 in 5,227
- New Jersey#802 · 1 in 5,933
- Pennsylvania#926 · 1 in 8,276
- New York#1,138 · 1 in 9,075
- Florida#1,276 · 1 in 10,674
Best ever in a state: #3 in Hawaii, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #661 | 6 | 1 in 5,227 |
| New Jersey | #802 | 7 | 1 in 5,933 |
| Pennsylvania | #926 | 7 | 1 in 8,276 |
| New York | #1,138 | 11 | 1 in 9,075 |
| Florida | #1,276 | 7 | 1 in 10,674 |
| Illinois | #1,486 | 5 | 1 in 13,966 |
| California | #1,649 | 13 | 1 in 16,850 |
| Texas | #2,500 | 5 | 1 in 29,445 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jean
- 296 spots since 2024 (#2,413 → #2,117)
- 224 spots since 2020 (#2,341 → #2,117)
- 529 spots since 2015 (#2,646 → #2,117)
- Biggest jump: 39 spots in 1883 (#221 → #182)
- Biggest drop: 168 spots in 1992 (#753 → #921)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1928 at #12 (12,209 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1906–1964
- Top 1,000: 115 yrs · run 1880–1994
- Highest: 1 in 94 girls born in 1930 were named Jean (1.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,264 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #12 in 1928, was only 1 in 94 (1.1%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.1% of all girls named Jean (105,999) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1989, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,000 | #173 (1889) | #193 |
| 1890s | 2,396 | #146 (1898) | #170 |
| 1900s | 5,931 | #90 (1909) | #115 |
| 1910s | 39,284 | #37 (1919) | #54 |
| 1920s | 105,999 | #12 (1928) | #18 |
| 1930s | 94,189 | #13 (1931) | #19 |
| 1940s | 80,363 | #29 (1940) | #38 |
| 1950s | 72,263 | #48 (1950) | #60 |
| 1960s | 37,280 | #86 (1960) | #117 |
| 1970s | 11,027 | #159 (1970) | #259 |
| 1980s | 4,858 | #348 (1980) | #465 |
| 1990s | 1,849 | #753 (1991) | #1,073 |
| 2000s | 829 | #1,533 (2000) | #2,287 |
| 2010s | 707 | #2,090 (2019) | #2,559 |
| 2020s | 461 | #2,117 (2025) | #2,364 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jean in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 16,274 of them was named Jean, which outranked 90.9% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,539Tristin110
- #1,539Valarie110
- #1,539Zariah110
- #1,548Jean109
- #1,548Ainsley109
- #1,548Aliah109
- #1,548Brittni109
- #1,560Cecily108
- #1,560Citlali108
- #1,560Destanie108
Tied with 11 names at #1,548; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 7,805 of them was named Jean, which outranked 94.1% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.