Girls' name · since 1922
Jeana
Jeana has 7,694 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,948 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,185 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,694
- born since 1922
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jeana currently ranks #10185 among girls' names in America, with 7,694 babies recorded since 1922.
Jeana has 7,694 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10185 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 2025.
- #1,948 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,185 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,694 born since 1922
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeana ranks #1,948 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,185 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,694 born since 1922, peaking in the 1970s.
- #1,948 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,185 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,694
- born since 1922
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jeana's 7,694 recorded births place it above 97.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Jeana compares
7,694 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jeana's all-time total is 20x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jeana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,694 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 231 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jeana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jeana splits its recorded history at 1978: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 231 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jeana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 231
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Currently ranks #10185 among girls.
7,694 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 231 births in a single year.
Jeana by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (2,033 births, 26% of the file).
1970s was Jeana's strongest decade.
2,033 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Jeana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 18
1920s
18 births
- 1930s 46
1930s
46 births
- 1940s 146
1940s
146 births
- 1950s 599
1950s
599 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,703 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,033 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,578 births
- 1990s
1990s
874 births
- 2000s 419
2000s
419 births
- 2010s 199
2010s
199 births
- 2020s 79
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 2,033 births (26% of all-time use).
Jeana decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,033 births
- Runner-up 1,703 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Jeana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jeana's total volume
Jeana by state
Where Jeana concentrates geographically, total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 641 | 8.3% |
| #2 | California | | 627 | 8.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 292 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 233 | 3.0% |
| #5 | New York | | 216 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 202 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 156 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 155 | 2.0% |
641 of 7,694 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.3% of nationwide
- California 8.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.0% of nationwide
- New York 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 34 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jeana appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jeana's data
- Jeana's decade-level peak was the 1970s (2,033 total births); usage has since declined to 79 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jeanas (641 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jeana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~103 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1922–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jeana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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