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

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Peak · girls
1928 · 12,209 births
Debut · girls
59 births
In top 100 · girls
59 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
458,436
since 1880

Jean over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #12, 1928peak #309, 1928girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,11788#1,169176
2024#2,41375#1,140185
2023#2,61467#1,266152
2022#2,46373#1,379135
2021#2,23383#1,591108
2020#2,34175#1,415122
2019#2,09090#1,296143
2018#2,38776#1,244148
2017#2,46473#1,159162
2016#2,44675#1,080182
2015#2,64667#1,198154
2014#2,37177#1,065184
2013#2,72663#1,039185
2012#2,90159#1,027190
2011#2,94558#950209
2010#2,61469#799272
2009#3,51246#958210
2008#2,88761#920222
2007#2,25786#861241
2006#2,51273#721299
2005#2,25480#797242
2004#2,26477#684294
2003#2,01989#705267
2002#2,00487#693262
2001#1,627112#648288
2000#1,533118#629292
1999#1,548109#685246
1998#1,213151#806190
1997#1,281137#660249
1996#1,246140#680240
1995#1,113159#602291
1994#977189#606297
1993#902214#489428
1992#921211#533364
1991#753274#577306
1990#771265#521357
1989#610348#609262
1988#607329#538289
1987#529381#542283
1986#517400#550260
1985#460466#557250
1984#409519#524268
1983#409525#500280
1982#381603#516271
1981#380605#545240
1980#348682#589214
1979#353658#596206
1978#334652#617182
1977#311765#627180
1976#281812#546217
1975#272883#582193
1974#261960#522230
1973#2311,109#523225
1972#2121,300#524228
1971#1731,776#472294
1970#1592,112#490273
1969#1671,908#503236
1968#1582,079#497231
1967#1362,546#520207
1966#1232,919#535201
1965#1123,364#543199
1964#1004,097#607166
1963#974,485#637151
1962#954,877#664137
1961#925,366#630157
1960#865,639#646146
1959#776,233#632150
1958#736,521#636146
1957#677,048#597166
1956#657,175#583170
1955#607,480#599151
1954#567,665#587159
1953#527,571#649121
1952#507,511#576146
1951#497,627#582142
1950#487,432#520165
1949#457,760#522164
1948#477,774#543150
1947#408,940#539156
1946#378,554#521152
1945#387,429#480156
1944#377,650#464172
1943#368,096#482163
1942#368,257#492157
1941#327,840#476152
1940#298,063#470151
1939#327,292#458157
1938#277,764#449166
1937#238,392#448156
1936#208,536#412179
1935#188,852#390195
1934#169,718#418178
1933#149,966#382204
1932#1510,670#360240
1931#1311,013#324286
1930#1411,986#325288
1929#1211,865#327288
1928#1212,209#309327
1927#1412,512#360263
1926#1212,168#335298
1925#1411,598#331303
1924#1610,721#313335
1923#199,511#332307
1922#209,109#347289
1921#258,592#346291
1920#337,714#355277
1919#376,799#391224
1918#376,600#398225
1917#405,692#412187
1916#455,081#440162
1915#484,603#423162
1914#543,281#450113
1913#602,545#428100
1912#642,056#40890
1911#741,381#44144
1910#771,246#39644
1909#90940#54523
1908#91852#42931
1907#96770#34140
1906#100666#41128
1905#114548#47722
1904#122483#40926
1903#121462#43022
1902#138408#44022
1901#149329#31831
1900#132473#49022
1899#147318#54813
1898#146341#43521
1897#172258#42220
1896#173255#36727
1895#177232#45619
1894#166242#43919
1893#170215#47915
1892#181194#44519
1891#178181#42717
1890#185160#48915
1889#173171#54912
1888#185145#52814
1887#186112#35621
1886#182124#57811
1885#18999#43917
1884#173103#35225
1883#18283#40219
1882#22160#54012
1881#23544#5959
1880#20159#52612
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Jean
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1928 at #12 (12,209 births)
  • Births halved by 1960, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1906–1964
  • Top 1,000: 115 yrs · run 1880–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 94
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.1% of all girls named Jean (105,999) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
  • Mostly girls until 1989, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,000#173 (1889)#193
1890s2,396#146 (1898)#170
1900s5,931#90 (1909)#115
1910s39,284#37 (1919)#54
1920s105,999#12 (1928)#18
1930s94,189#13 (1931)#19
1940s80,363#29 (1940)#38
1950s72,263#48 (1950)#60
1960s37,280#86 (1960)#117
1970s11,027#159 (1970)#259
1980s4,858#348 (1980)#465
1990s1,849#753 (1991)#1,073
2000s829#1,533 (2000)#2,287
2010s707#2,090 (2019)#2,559
2020s461#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 1994

girls
#977
189 births · 1 in 9,448 girls
boys
#606
297 births · 1 in 6,505 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #977Jean189

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #606Jean297
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 9,448 of them was named Jean, which outranked 93.8% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jean
  1. #973Porsha191
  2. #975Andria190
  3. #975Malia190
  4. #977Jean189
  5. #977Danika189
  6. #977Elyssa189
  7. #977Janel189
  8. #985Adilene188
  9. #985Annamarie188
  10. #985Caitlynn188

Tied with 7 names at #977; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 4,523Nohely#5,419#896
  2. 4,322Aaliyah#4,524#202
  3. 2,306Zana#3,108#802
  4. 1,711Aliyah#2,068#357
  5. 1,430Zhane#2,012#582
Fallers
  1. 1,015Coraima#875#1,890
  2. 799Kalene#929#1,728
  3. 656Deyanira#938#1,594
  4. 577Crysta#968#1,545
  5. 562Hilary#647#1,209

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 6,505 of them was named Jean, which outranked 94.1% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jean
  1. #602Holden298
  2. #602Joaquin298
  3. #602Kristofer298
  4. #606Jean297
  5. #606Coty297
  6. #606Reynaldo297
  7. #609Mohammed296
  8. #610Conrad295
  9. #611Devonta294

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 1,574Tyrin#2,509#935
  2. 714River#1,638#924
  3. 472Bryton#1,460#988
  4. 463Kahlil#1,444#981
  5. 446Jayden#1,295#849
Fallers
  1. 551Garth#965#1,516
  2. 364Jordy#828#1,192
  3. 342Montel#889#1,231
  4. 289Darrel#889#1,178
  5. 245Deante#859#1,104

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1994