Girls' name · since 1946

Jeanee

Jeanee has 173 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

173
total births
1946–2003
years on record
1980s
peak decade
39%
born in that decade

173 girls have been named Jeanee since 1946, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Jeanee has 173 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2003.

  • 173 total births
  • 1946–2003 years on record
  • 1980s peak decade
  • 39% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jeanee's 173 recorded births place it above 70% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Jeanee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jeanee's full recorded timeline at 1979, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jeanee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2003

Last recorded 2003
Peak year (1988)
16
Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
05101520 1946196619741979198419892003 5

Jeanee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1980s was Jeanee's strongest decade.

67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.

Jeanee births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 67 births (39% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jeanee?
Since 1946, Social Security records show 173 babies named Jeanee. The most recent recorded year was 2003. Its busiest year on record was 1988, with 16 births.
When was Jeanee most popular?
Jeanee was most popular in the 1980s decade with 67 total births. The single peak year was 1988.
How long has the name Jeanee been used?
Records for Jeanee go back to 1946, giving 58 years of history through 2003.
What names are similar to Jeanee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jean, Jeanette, Jeanne, Jeannette, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Jeanee's data

  • Jeanee's decade-level peak was the 1980s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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, 1946–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Jeanee: Baby Name Since 1946 - 173 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeanee. 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 Jeanee 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.