Jeanie
Jeanie was given to 21 girls in 2025, #5,806 among girls’ names; 17,148 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 12,200 Americans named Jeanie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 51 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jeanie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jeanie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jeanie is “a diminutive of the female given name Jean.”
From Jean + -ie, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jeanie?
#5,806 among girls’ names, 2025
Jeanie rose from #8,662 in 2015 to #5,806 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 7.3 to 13.1 per million.
499 babies in 1957, the peak
Jeanie peaked in 1957, when 499 girls were given it, #417 among girls’ names. The 21 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,806 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 16 | #7,068 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,691 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,320 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,228 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 13 | #8,162 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,324 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,542 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,504 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,700 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #8,662 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,238 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,399 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,609 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,400 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,045 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 13 | #9,104 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,895 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 29 | #5,010 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,297 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,165 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,757 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,830 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,216 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,976 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,823 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,340 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,374 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 40 | #3,000 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,259 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,988 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,807 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,498 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,353 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 67 | #2,034 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 85 | #1,719 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,670 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 79 | #1,650 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 95 | #1,405 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 95 | #1,362 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 114 | #1,214 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 126 | #1,098 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 118 | #1,133 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 174 | #885 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 174 | #880 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 204 | #800 | 0.12 |
| 1979 | 163 | #911 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 177 | #838 | 0.12 |
| 1977 | 207 | #740 | 0.14 |
| 1976 | 198 | #742 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 220 | #680 | 0.15 |
| 1974 | 235 | #648 | 0.16 |
| 1973 | 224 | #666 | 0.15 |
| 1972 | 236 | #647 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 272 | #620 | 0.16 |
| 1970 | 270 | #628 | 0.15 |
| 1969 | 249 | #630 | 0.15 |
| 1968 | 224 | #648 | 0.14 |
| 1967 | 217 | #651 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 212 | #666 | 0.13 |
| 1965 | 222 | #662 | 0.13 |
| 1964 | 276 | #602 | 0.15 |
| 1963 | 318 | #543 | 0.16 |
| 1962 | 357 | #517 | 0.18 |
| 1961 | 360 | #515 | 0.18 |
| 1960 | 395 | #491 | 0.20 |
| 1959 | 417 | #474 | 0.21 |
| 1958 | 462 | #442 | 0.23 |
| 1957 | 499 | #417 | 0.24 |
| 1956 | 453 | #427 | 0.23 |
| 1955 | 401 | #449 | 0.21 |
| 1954 | 406 | #432 | 0.21 |
| 1953 | 459 | #395 | 0.24 |
| 1952 | 414 | #417 | 0.22 |
| 1951 | 409 | #411 | 0.23 |
| 1950 | 364 | #417 | 0.21 |
| 1949 | 426 | #380 | 0.25 |
| 1948 | 392 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1947 | 424 | #386 | 0.24 |
| 1946 | 367 | #398 | 0.23 |
| 1945 | 274 | #433 | 0.21 |
| 1944 | 289 | #422 | 0.22 |
| 1943 | 262 | #457 | 0.19 |
| 1942 | 251 | #464 | 0.19 |
| 1941 | 275 | #415 | 0.23 |
| 1940 | 245 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1939 | 156 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1938 | 137 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1937 | 150 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 125 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1935 | 147 | #532 | 0.14 |
| 1934 | 122 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 131 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1932 | 94 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 86 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 99 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 78 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 86 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 92 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 75 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 74 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 57 | #1,019 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 72 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 51 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,453 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 38 | #1,247 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,256 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,587 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,531 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,312 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,383 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,359 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,204 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,241 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,864 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,304 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,452 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,374 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,800 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,560 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,693 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,646 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,495 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,214 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,655 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 15 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1894 | 12 | #923 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 10 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 11 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 12 | #818 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 9 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 10 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 8 | #990 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 12 | #676 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 10 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 6 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 10 | #704 | 0.08 |
| 1883 | 7 | #785 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 6 | #853 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jeanie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jeanie has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 144 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jeanie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jeanie, and how old are they?
12,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 17,148 Americans ever recorded as Jeanie. The median Jeanie alive today is 65 years old; half are between 51 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 12,972 people named Jeanie (12,946 women and girls, 26 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,338 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,110 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,870 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,270 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,390 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 423 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 181 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jeanie born?
The states with the most babies named Jeanie are California, Texas and Ohio, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,530 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 1,512 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 614 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 565 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Missouri | 560 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 555 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 446 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Oklahoma | 440 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Florida | 430 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 423 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Jeanie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jeanie is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jeanie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 409,060 babies since 1880, Jeanie is the sixth most given (4.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 21 of their 192 babies (11%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jeanie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jeanie and names like it
- Compare Jeanie and JeanneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sJeanie peaked in 1957.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jeanie since 1910.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Jeanie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jeanie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.