Jeani — girls' name
422 babies named Jeani in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Jeani was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Jeani in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeani
The Social Security Administration has registered 422 babies named Jeani between 1941 and 2003, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeani currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeani performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jeani shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jeani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeani 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 422 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.
Jeani at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1941
- Peak year (1958)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
422 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 19 births in a single year.
Jeani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 123 births that decade — 29% of Jeani's all-time total
Jeani decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 107 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Jeani's strongest decade
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Jeani by state
Where Jeani concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 2.6% |
11 of 422 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% 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, 1941–2003 (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.