Girls' name · since 1928
Jeann
53 babies named Jeann in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 53
- total births
- 1928–1971
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
Jeann sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 53 recorded since 1928.
Social Security Administration records show Jeann recorded 53 times among girls since 1928, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 1971.
- 53 total births
- 1928–1971 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 36% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeann's 53 recorded births place it above 52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeann's full recorded timeline at 1947, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1934, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1928 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jeann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1971
- Peak year (1928)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Jeann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Jeann's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Jeann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
19 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 19 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Jeann's decade-level peak was the 1940s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1928–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeann: Baby Name Since 1928 - 53 Births, Peak 1928." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeann. 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 Jeann 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.