Jeannie — #5599 US girls' name
36,097 babies named Jeannie in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Jeannie was born in this single decade.
1,424 babies were named Jeannie in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeannie
The Social Security Administration has registered 36,097 babies named Jeannie between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeannie currently holds the #5599 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 1,424 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeannie performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 9,791 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jeannie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,136 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeannie in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeannie 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 36,097 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.
Jeannie at a glance
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Jeannie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1882
- Peak year (1957)
- 1,424
- Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
Currently ranks #5599 among girls.
36,097 total births across 143 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 1,424 births in a single year.
Jeannie popularity over time — boys
55 total births recorded since 1947 (Jeannie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jeannie accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jeannie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 9,791 births that decade — 27% of Jeannie's all-time total
Jeannie decade highlights
- Peak decade 9,791 births
- Runner-up 7,357 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Jeannie's strongest decade
9,791 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Jeannie by state
Where Jeannie concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,136 | 11.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,585 | 7.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,791 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,477 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 1,458 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 1,238 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 1,202 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 1,060 | 2.9% |
4,136 of 36,097 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.5% of nationwide
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- New York 5.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 49 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jeannie appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1882–2024 (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.