Jean
The French Jeanne, feminine of Jean, and so another form of John.
Popularity, 1880–2025
Jean appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1906 to 1964. Its biggest year was 1927, when 12,512 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 14 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1926, at No. 12. The name has also seen real use for boys: 25,039 of the 483,475 Americans given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Jeanne (163,609), Jeane (4,504), Jene (2,218), Jenne (569), Jehan (503) (total births since 1880)
Other names that share a story: John, Jessie, Jeanette, Jeanne
Explore Jean interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,000 | No. 173 |
| 1890s | 2,396 | No. 146 |
| 1900s | 5,931 | No. 90 |
| 1910s | 39,284 | No. 37 |
| 1920s | 105,999 | No. 12 |
| 1930s | 94,189 | No. 13 |
| 1940s | 80,363 | No. 29 |
| 1950s | 72,263 | No. 48 |
| 1960s | 37,280 | No. 86 |
| 1970s | 11,027 | No. 159 |
| 1980s | 4,858 | No. 348 |
| 1990s | 1,849 | No. 753 |
| 2000s | 829 | No. 1533 |
| 2010s | 707 | No. 2090 |
| 2020s | 461 | No. 2117 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.