Jeanie

Where Jeanie comes from

From Jean + -ie, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jeanie
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #813 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1886
    Jeanie MacPherson born
    actress, screenwriter
  3. 1949
    Peak, #380
    426 babies named Jeanie — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1958
    Jeanie Bryson born
    American singer
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #666.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Jean.
Namesakes
  • Jeanie MacPherson · actress, screenwriter, 1886–1946
  • Jeanie Bryson · American singer, 1958–2026
  • Jeanie Buss · American sports executive, born 1961
  • Jeanie Tracy · American musician, born 1960
  • Jeanie Cunningham · American musician, born 1956

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.