Jeanne
Jeanne was given to 30 girls in 2025, #4,600 among girls’ names; 163,609 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 85,000 Americans named Jeanne and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 62 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jeanne by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jeanne mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jeanne is “a female given name from French.” Its etymology gives the sense “God is gracious” (literally).
From French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jeanne?
#4,600 among girls’ names, 2025
Jeanne fell from #3,802 in 2015 to #4,600 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 22.4 to 18.7 per million.
4,371 babies in 1947, the peak
Jeanne peaked in 1947, when 4,371 babies were given it (4,364 girls, #86 among girls’ names). The 30 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,600 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,326 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,800 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,518 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,705 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,707 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,635 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,368 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 37 | #4,027 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,123 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 40 | #3,802 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,213 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,195 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,743 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,873 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,855 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,590 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,504 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,816 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,389 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,028 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 68 | #2,490 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,683 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,274 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 57 | #2,646 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 76 | #2,129 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 66 | #2,265 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 95 | #1,681 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 105 | #1,539 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 100 | #1,570 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 102 | #1,520 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 108 | #1,466 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 106 | #1,494 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 122 | #1,360 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 176 | #1,036 | 0.09 |
| 1990 | 195 | #962 | 0.10 |
| 1989 | 206 | #893 | 0.11 |
| 1988 | 211 | #851 | 0.12 |
| 1987 | 218 | #802 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 232 | #749 | 0.14 |
| 1985 | 289 | #643 | 0.17 |
| 1984 | 300 | #598 | 0.18 |
| 1983 | 325 | #560 | 0.19 |
| 1982 | 412 | #494 | 0.24 |
| 1981 | 431 | #486 | 0.26 |
| 1980 | 419 | #493 | 0.25 |
| 1979 | 432 | #466 | 0.27 |
| 1978 | 488 | #416 | 0.32 |
| 1977 | 554 | #381 | 0.36 |
| 1976 | 557 | #372 | 0.38 |
| 1975 | 702 | #323 | 0.48 |
| 1974 | 825 | #289 | 0.56 |
| 1973 | 845 | #288 | 0.58 |
| 1972 | 945 | #274 | 0.62 |
| 1971 | 1,270 | #235 | 0.76 |
| 1970 | 1,582 | #204 | 0.90 |
| 1969 | 1,378 | #219 | 0.82 |
| 1968 | 1,424 | #212 | 0.87 |
| 1967 | 1,608 | #198 | 1.0 |
| 1966 | 1,866 | #177 | 1.1 |
| 1965 | 2,147 | #166 | 1.2 |
| 1964 | 2,467 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1963 | 2,801 | #145 | 1.5 |
| 1962 | 3,013 | #142 | 1.5 |
| 1961 | 3,331 | #138 | 1.7 |
| 1960 | 3,505 | #129 | 1.7 |
| 1959 | 3,516 | #129 | 1.7 |
| 1958 | 3,609 | #123 | 1.8 |
| 1957 | 3,950 | #117 | 1.9 |
| 1956 | 3,910 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 1955 | 3,732 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 1954 | 3,770 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 1953 | 3,853 | #97 | 2.0 |
| 1952 | 3,827 | #98 | 2.1 |
| 1951 | 3,768 | #98 | 2.1 |
| 1950 | 3,736 | #95 | 2.2 |
| 1949 | 3,865 | #92 | 2.3 |
| 1948 | 3,789 | #95 | 2.2 |
| 1947 | 4,364 | #86 | 2.5 |
| 1946 | 4,045 | #83 | 2.6 |
| 1945 | 2,861 | #98 | 2.2 |
| 1944 | 2,495 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 1943 | 2,423 | #113 | 1.7 |
| 1942 | 2,288 | #119 | 1.7 |
| 1941 | 2,060 | #126 | 1.7 |
| 1940 | 1,927 | #129 | 1.7 |
| 1939 | 1,551 | #147 | 1.4 |
| 1938 | 1,552 | #148 | 1.4 |
| 1937 | 1,496 | #149 | 1.4 |
| 1936 | 1,534 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 1935 | 1,662 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1934 | 1,763 | #131 | 1.7 |
| 1933 | 1,824 | #125 | 1.8 |
| 1932 | 2,131 | #112 | 2.0 |
| 1931 | 2,525 | #98 | 2.4 |
| 1930 | 2,720 | #92 | 2.4 |
| 1929 | 2,818 | #92 | 2.5 |
| 1928 | 2,879 | #90 | 2.5 |
| 1927 | 3,158 | #85 | 2.6 |
| 1926 | 3,063 | #88 | 2.6 |
| 1925 | 3,225 | #89 | 2.6 |
| 1924 | 3,150 | #90 | 2.5 |
| 1923 | 3,040 | #90 | 2.5 |
| 1922 | 2,917 | #97 | 2.4 |
| 1921 | 2,590 | #109 | 2.1 |
| 1920 | 2,279 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1919 | 1,817 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1918 | 1,846 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1917 | 1,212 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1916 | 1,050 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1915 | 828 | #198 | 0.84 |
| 1914 | 611 | #208 | 0.80 |
| 1913 | 449 | #227 | 0.72 |
| 1912 | 347 | #241 | 0.62 |
| 1911 | 266 | #241 | 0.64 |
| 1910 | 220 | #257 | 0.55 |
| 1909 | 202 | #249 | 0.58 |
| 1908 | 154 | #285 | 0.46 |
| 1907 | 156 | #281 | 0.49 |
| 1906 | 119 | #309 | 0.40 |
| 1905 | 122 | #305 | 0.42 |
| 1904 | 109 | #308 | 0.40 |
| 1903 | 87 | #336 | 0.33 |
| 1902 | 77 | #366 | 0.29 |
| 1901 | 63 | #375 | 0.26 |
| 1900 | 76 | #384 | 0.25 |
| 1899 | 72 | #351 | 0.31 |
| 1898 | 58 | #406 | 0.22 |
| 1897 | 67 | #357 | 0.29 |
| 1896 | 49 | #413 | 0.21 |
| 1895 | 51 | #394 | 0.22 |
| 1894 | 43 | #424 | 0.19 |
| 1893 | 45 | #402 | 0.21 |
| 1892 | 28 | #517 | 0.13 |
| 1891 | 37 | #409 | 0.20 |
| 1890 | 30 | #480 | 0.16 |
| 1889 | 24 | #522 | 0.13 |
| 1888 | 19 | #584 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 17 | #544 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 22 | #470 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 13 | #617 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 18 | #490 | 0.14 |
| 1883 | 12 | #570 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 12 | #549 | 0.11 |
| 1881 | 11 | #520 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 12 | #507 | 0.13 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jeanne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jeanne has been given almost only to girls: 360 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Jeanne: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jeanne, and how old are they?
85,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 163,609 Americans ever recorded as Jeanne. The median Jeanne alive today is 69 years old; half are between 62 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 104,565 people named Jeanne (104,471 women and girls, 94 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 98,739 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 11,300 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 52,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 15,700 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,420 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 943 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 484 |
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 Jeanne born?
The states with the most babies named Jeanne are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 20,348 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 12,727 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| California | 11,548 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 10,640 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Massachusetts | 10,387 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Ohio | 9,462 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 7,174 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 6,243 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Minnesota | 6,200 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Wisconsin | 6,119 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Jeanne is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jeanne is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 2.0 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 Jeanne 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 634,033 babies since 1880, Jeanne is the most given (26% of them). In 2025 it was given to 30 of their 724 babies (4.1%), the fourth 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 Jeanne
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 Jeanne and names like it
- Compare Jeanne and JennaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sJeanne peaked in 1947.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jeanne since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Jeanne: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Jeanne.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jeanne alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.