Jeanae — girls' name
149 babies named Jeanae in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
149 girls have been named Jeanae since 1977, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2008.
- 149
- total births
- 1977–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Jeanae was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Jeanae in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeanae
The Social Security Administration has registered 149 babies named Jeanae between 1977 and 2008, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeanae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeanae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jeanae shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jeanae in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeanae in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 149 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jeanae at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeanae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1977
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
149 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 12 births in a single year.
Jeanae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 59 births that decade — 40% of Jeanae's all-time total
Jeanae decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jeanae's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- California 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.