Girls' name · since 1977
Jeanae
Jeanae has 149 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 149
- total births
- 1977–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
Jeanae is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 149 have been recorded since 1977.
Jeanae has 149 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2008.
- 149 total births
- 1977–2008 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeanae's 149 recorded births place it above 68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jeanae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jeanae splits its recorded history at 1994: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jeanae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2008
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Jeanae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jeanae's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jeanae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 59 births (40% of all-time use).
Jeanae by state
Where Jeanae concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 149 births nationwide.
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- Jeanae's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2000s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Jeanaes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1977–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeanae: Baby Name Since 1977 - 149 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeanae. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jeanae 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 July 2026.