Jeane — girls' name
4,488 babies named Jeane in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Jeane was born in this single decade.
153 babies were named Jeane in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeane
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,488 babies named Jeane between 1888 and 2017, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeane currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 153 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeane performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,313 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Jeane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 230 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeane in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeane 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 4,488 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.
Jeane at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeane popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1888
- Peak year (1924)
- 153
- Annual births at peak — across 130 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
4,488 total births across 130 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 153 births in a single year.
Jeane popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 1923 (Jeane as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jeane accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jeane by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 1,313 births that decade — 29% of Jeane's all-time total
Jeane decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,313 births
- Runner-up 715 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Jeane's strongest decade
1,313 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Jeane by state
Where Jeane concentrates geographically — total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 230 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 187 | 4.2% |
| #3 | California | | 142 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 124 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 121 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 112 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Texas | | 86 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Iowa | | 53 | 1.2% |
230 of 4,488 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.2% of nationwide
- California 3.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 27 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jeane appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1888–2017 (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.