Meaning not yet researched.
Jean: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 176 in 2025. Its best rank was #309 in 1928.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #309 in 1928; #1,172 in 2025. About 67% of babies named Jean in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,172 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1928, at #309.
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Jean: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 176 boys in 2025. Peak: #309 in 1928 · most boys in one year: 428 (1993).
In 2025, 176 US boys were named Jean, making it the 1,172nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 30 places from #1,142 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 185 boys named Jean in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #309, reached in 1928. The most boys given the name in a single year was 428, in 1993. For comparison, it was #1,202 in 2015 and #520 in 1950.
In 2025, 88 US girls were named Jean, making it the 2,130th most common girls’ name of the year, up 295 places from #2,425 in 2024. That is 13 more than the 75 girls named Jean in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #12, reached in 1929. The most girls given the name in a single year was 12,512, in 1927. For comparison, it was #2,665 in 2015 and #48 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jean in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 71 babies with the name. In all, 483,475 US babies have been given the name, 95% of them girls and 5.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 108,977 babies named Jean.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,513 US boys were named Jean; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 185. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,705 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jean ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #530 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include John (5,204,377 babies since 1880), Jack (759,677 babies since 1880), Joan (488,939 babies since 1880) and Sean (426,606 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jene, Gean and Jihan are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jane and Jeannie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jene (2,218), Gean (1,234), Jihan (740), Jian (642), Jenne (569), Jiyan (171), Jyn (56), Jeann (53), Jion (43), Jiaan (42), Jeune (26), Jieun (18), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 38 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 5 | #530 | — |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #581 | #768 |
| Florida | 25 | #656 | #686 |
| New York | 22 | #671 | #682 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,012 | — |
| Texas | 21 | #1,082 | #1,587 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,098 | #703 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,100 | #564 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,158 | #760 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,159 | #890 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,203 | #1,212 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,281 | — |
| California | 12 | #1,473 | #1,957 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #2,130 | 176 | #1,172 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,425 | 185 | #1,142 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,631 | 152 | #1,266 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,476 | 135 | #1,385 |
| 2021 | 83 | #2,241 | 108 | #1,592 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,358 | 122 | #1,420 |
| 2019 | 90 | #2,099 | 143 | #1,300 |
| 2018 | 76 | #2,396 | 148 | #1,248 |
| 2017 | 73 | #2,474 | 162 | #1,160 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,451 | 182 | #1,083 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,665 | 154 | #1,202 |
| 2014 | 77 | #2,380 | 184 | #1,066 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,741 | 185 | #1,042 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,916 | 190 | #1,027 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,966 | 209 | #951 |
| 2010 | 69 | #2,624 | 272 | #800 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,535 | 210 | #959 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,905 | 222 | #921 |
| 2007 | 86 | #2,264 | 241 | #863 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,522 | 299 | #722 |
| 2005 | 80 | #2,268 | 242 | #798 |
| 2004 | 77 | #2,272 | 294 | #687 |
| 2003 | 89 | #2,023 | 267 | #705 |
| 2002 | 87 | #2,008 | 262 | #695 |
| 2001 | 112 | #1,634 | 288 | #648 |
| 2000 | 118 | #1,537 | 292 | #629 |
| 1999 | 109 | #1,552 | 246 | #685 |
| 1998 | 151 | #1,218 | 190 | #806 |
| 1997 | 137 | #1,284 | 249 | #660 |
| 1996 | 140 | #1,250 | 240 | #681 |
| 1995 | 159 | #1,115 | 291 | #602 |
| 1994 | 189 | #980 | 297 | #607 |
| 1993 | 214 | #902 | 428 | #489 |
| 1992 | 211 | #923 | 364 | #533 |
| 1991 | 274 | #753 | 306 | #577 |
| 1990 | 265 | #772 | 357 | #522 |
| 1989 | 348 | #610 | 262 | #609 |
| 1988 | 329 | #610 | 289 | #540 |
| 1987 | 381 | #529 | 283 | #542 |
| 1986 | 400 | #517 | 260 | #551 |
| 1985 | 466 | #461 | 250 | #557 |
| 1984 | 519 | #409 | 268 | #524 |
| 1983 | 525 | #411 | 280 | #501 |
| 1982 | 603 | #382 | 271 | #516 |
| 1981 | 605 | #380 | 240 | #546 |
| 1980 | 682 | #348 | 214 | #590 |
| 1979 | 658 | #353 | 206 | #596 |
| 1978 | 652 | #334 | 182 | #619 |
| 1977 | 765 | #311 | 180 | #627 |
| 1976 | 812 | #281 | 217 | #547 |
| 1975 | 883 | #272 | 193 | #582 |
| 1974 | 960 | #261 | 230 | #522 |
| 1973 | 1,109 | #231 | 225 | #523 |
| 1972 | 1,300 | #212 | 228 | #524 |
| 1971 | 1,776 | #173 | 294 | #472 |
| 1970 | 2,112 | #159 | 273 | #491 |
| 1969 | 1,908 | #167 | 236 | #503 |
| 1968 | 2,079 | #158 | 231 | #497 |
| 1967 | 2,546 | #136 | 207 | #520 |
| 1966 | 2,919 | #123 | 201 | #537 |
| 1965 | 3,364 | #112 | 199 | #545 |
| 1964 | 4,097 | #100 | 166 | #607 |
| 1963 | 4,485 | #97 | 151 | #638 |
| 1962 | 4,877 | #95 | 137 | #665 |
| 1961 | 5,366 | #92 | 157 | #631 |
| 1960 | 5,639 | #86 | 146 | #646 |
| 1959 | 6,233 | #77 | 150 | #632 |
| 1958 | 6,521 | #73 | 146 | #637 |
| 1957 | 7,048 | #67 | 166 | #598 |
| 1956 | 7,175 | #65 | 170 | #583 |
| 1955 | 7,480 | #60 | 151 | #602 |
| 1954 | 7,665 | #56 | 159 | #587 |
| 1953 | 7,571 | #52 | 121 | #651 |
| 1952 | 7,511 | #50 | 146 | #577 |
| 1951 | 7,627 | #49 | 142 | #583 |
| 1950 | 7,432 | #48 | 165 | #520 |
| 1949 | 7,760 | #45 | 164 | #523 |
| 1948 | 7,774 | #47 | 150 | #545 |
| 1947 | 8,940 | #40 | 156 | #539 |
| 1946 | 8,554 | #37 | 152 | #521 |
| 1945 | 7,429 | #38 | 156 | #481 |
| 1944 | 7,650 | #37 | 172 | #466 |
| 1943 | 8,096 | #36 | 163 | #485 |
| 1942 | 8,257 | #36 | 157 | #492 |
| 1941 | 7,840 | #32 | 152 | #477 |
| 1940 | 8,063 | #29 | 151 | #470 |
| 1939 | 7,292 | #32 | 157 | #459 |
| 1938 | 7,764 | #27 | 166 | #449 |
| 1937 | 8,392 | #23 | 156 | #450 |
| 1936 | 8,536 | #20 | 179 | #413 |
| 1935 | 8,852 | #18 | 195 | #391 |
| 1934 | 9,718 | #16 | 178 | #419 |
| 1933 | 9,966 | #14 | 204 | #382 |
| 1932 | 10,670 | #15 | 240 | #360 |
| 1931 | 11,013 | #13 | 286 | #324 |
| 1930 | 11,986 | #14 | 288 | #325 |
| 1929 | 11,865 | #12 | 288 | #327 |
| 1928 | 12,209 | #12 | 327 | #309 |
| 1927 | 12,512 | #14 | 263 | #360 |
| 1926 | 12,168 | #12 | 298 | #336 |
| 1925 | 11,598 | #14 | 303 | #331 |
| 1924 | 10,721 | #16 | 335 | #313 |
| 1923 | 9,511 | #19 | 307 | #332 |
| 1922 | 9,109 | #20 | 289 | #349 |
| 1921 | 8,592 | #25 | 291 | #348 |
| 1920 | 7,714 | #33 | 277 | #357 |
| 1919 | 6,799 | #37 | 224 | #392 |
| 1918 | 6,600 | #37 | 225 | #398 |
| 1917 | 5,692 | #40 | 187 | #412 |
| 1916 | 5,081 | #45 | 162 | #440 |
| 1915 | 4,603 | #48 | 162 | #424 |
| 1914 | 3,281 | #54 | 113 | #451 |
| 1913 | 2,545 | #60 | 100 | #428 |
| 1912 | 2,056 | #64 | 90 | #411 |
| 1911 | 1,381 | #74 | 44 | #442 |
| 1910 | 1,246 | #77 | 44 | #400 |
| 1909 | 940 | #90 | 23 | #550 |
| 1908 | 852 | #91 | 31 | #434 |
| 1907 | 770 | #96 | 40 | #344 |
| 1906 | 666 | #100 | 28 | #416 |
| 1905 | 548 | #115 | 22 | #485 |
| 1904 | 483 | #122 | 26 | #414 |
| 1903 | 462 | #121 | 22 | #440 |
| 1902 | 408 | #138 | 22 | #446 |
| 1901 | 329 | #149 | 31 | #320 |
| 1900 | 473 | #132 | 22 | #499 |
| 1899 | 318 | #147 | 13 | #565 |
| 1898 | 341 | #147 | 21 | #443 |
| 1897 | 258 | #172 | 20 | #429 |
| 1896 | 255 | #173 | 27 | #376 |
| 1895 | 232 | #177 | 19 | #465 |
| 1894 | 242 | #167 | 19 | #449 |
| 1893 | 215 | #171 | 15 | #488 |
| 1892 | 194 | #182 | 19 | #452 |
| 1891 | 181 | #178 | 17 | #436 |
| 1890 | 160 | #187 | 15 | #498 |
| 1889 | 171 | #173 | 12 | #566 |
| 1888 | 145 | #185 | 14 | #540 |
| 1887 | 112 | #187 | 21 | #363 |
| 1886 | 124 | #182 | 11 | #585 |
| 1885 | 99 | #189 | 17 | #451 |
| 1884 | 103 | #173 | 25 | #357 |
| 1883 | 83 | #183 | 19 | #408 |
| 1882 | 60 | #223 | 12 | #560 |
| 1881 | 44 | #237 | 9 | #625 |
| 1880 | 59 | #203 | 12 | #546 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).