Jeannie
Jeannie was given to 16 girls in 2025, #6,964 among girls’ names; 36,170 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 28,500 Americans named Jeannie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 51 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jeannie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jeannie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jeannie is “a diminutive of the female given name Jean.”
From Jean + -ie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jeannie?
#6,964 among girls’ names, 2025
Jeannie fell from #5,554 in 2015 to #6,964 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 13.4 to 10.0 per million.
1,430 babies in 1957, the peak
Jeannie peaked in 1957, when 1,430 babies were given it (1,424 girls, #222 among girls’ names). The 16 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,964 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,517 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,687 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,536 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 20 | #6,043 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,179 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,690 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,127 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,984 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,576 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (134)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | #5,554 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,568 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,809 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 28 | #5,025 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,855 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,314 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,145 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,122 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 39 | #4,012 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,884 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 49 | #3,183 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,933 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,716 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,431 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,017 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,605 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 66 | #2,266 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 69 | #2,109 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 69 | #2,057 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 104 | #1,532 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 102 | #1,521 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 112 | #1,426 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 107 | #1,487 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 149 | #1,175 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 172 | #1,055 | 0.09 |
| 1990 | 147 | #1,167 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 174 | #989 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 200 | #881 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 235 | #767 | 0.14 |
| 1986 | 249 | #719 | 0.15 |
| 1985 | 301 | #624 | 0.17 |
| 1984 | 338 | #554 | 0.20 |
| 1983 | 297 | #599 | 0.18 |
| 1982 | 371 | #527 | 0.22 |
| 1981 | 392 | #509 | 0.24 |
| 1980 | 474 | #451 | 0.29 |
| 1979 | 426 | #477 | 0.27 |
| 1978 | 407 | #480 | 0.27 |
| 1977 | 475 | #425 | 0.31 |
| 1976 | 513 | #399 | 0.35 |
| 1975 | 699 | #324 | 0.48 |
| 1974 | 820 | #291 | 0.56 |
| 1973 | 673 | #331 | 0.46 |
| 1972 | 805 | #302 | 0.53 |
| 1971 | 833 | #320 | 0.50 |
| 1970 | 830 | #323 | 0.47 |
| 1969 | 768 | #328 | 0.46 |
| 1968 | 670 | #338 | 0.41 |
| 1967 | 638 | #355 | 0.39 |
| 1966 | 681 | #341 | 0.40 |
| 1965 | 549 | #398 | 0.31 |
| 1964 | 651 | #374 | 0.34 |
| 1963 | 710 | #357 | 0.37 |
| 1962 | 755 | #343 | 0.38 |
| 1961 | 880 | #312 | 0.44 |
| 1960 | 1,055 | #279 | 0.52 |
| 1959 | 990 | #286 | 0.49 |
| 1958 | 1,065 | #269 | 0.53 |
| 1957 | 1,424 | #222 | 0.70 |
| 1956 | 1,149 | #246 | 0.57 |
| 1955 | 997 | #272 | 0.51 |
| 1954 | 921 | #280 | 0.47 |
| 1953 | 895 | #278 | 0.48 |
| 1952 | 848 | #277 | 0.46 |
| 1951 | 727 | #291 | 0.40 |
| 1950 | 775 | #274 | 0.45 |
| 1949 | 797 | #273 | 0.47 |
| 1948 | 736 | #282 | 0.43 |
| 1947 | 727 | #289 | 0.41 |
| 1946 | 669 | #286 | 0.43 |
| 1945 | 478 | #311 | 0.37 |
| 1944 | 428 | #332 | 0.32 |
| 1943 | 407 | #353 | 0.29 |
| 1942 | 360 | #374 | 0.27 |
| 1941 | 367 | #344 | 0.30 |
| 1940 | 280 | #412 | 0.24 |
| 1939 | 192 | #484 | 0.18 |
| 1938 | 152 | #554 | 0.14 |
| 1937 | 142 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1936 | 121 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1935 | 115 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1934 | 134 | #557 | 0.13 |
| 1933 | 116 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 110 | #638 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 66 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 95 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 75 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 83 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 61 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 86 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 69 | #891 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 81 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 62 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 52 | #1,051 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,175 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,217 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,168 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,451 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,368 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,596 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,360 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,824 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,232 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,068 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,847 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,533 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,234 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,934 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,834 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,075 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,694 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,801 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,496 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,817 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,459 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,361 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,349 | 0.03 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1888 | 10 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,188 | 0.03 |
| 1885 | 8 | #820 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 6 | #862 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 5 | #966 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jeannie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jeannie has been given almost only to girls: 55 boys in 134 years of records.
Girls and boys named Jeannie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jeannie, and how old are they?
28,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 36,170 Americans ever recorded as Jeannie. The median Jeannie alive today is 62 years old; half are between 51 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 29,437 people named Jeannie (29,411 women and girls, 26 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 30,467 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 | 1,490 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 13,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,530 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,340 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 772 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 300 |
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 Jeannie born?
The states with the most babies named Jeannie are California, Texas and New York, with 27% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 4,136 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Texas | 2,585 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 1,791 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 1,477 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 1,458 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 1,238 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 1,202 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,060 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 1,043 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 999 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Jeannie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jeannie is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 Jeannie 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 406,914 babies since 1880, Jeannie is the third most given (8.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 16 of their 196 babies (8.2%), the fifth 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 Jeannie
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 Jeannie and names like it
- Compare Jeannie and JeanneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sJeannie peaked in 1957.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jeannie since 1910.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Jeannie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jeannie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.