Recorded 1954–2019 Girls' name Peak 1976 366 births

Jeanny — girls' name

366 babies named Jeanny in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s361960s481970s691980s1011990s622000s452010s5
1980s
Peak decade

28% of everyone ever named Jeanny was born in this single decade.

1976
Single peak year

19 babies were named Jeanny in 1976 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jeanny

The Social Security Administration has registered 366 babies named Jeanny between 1954 and 2019, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeanny currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeanny performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jeanny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jeanny in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jeanny 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 366 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.

Jeanny at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

366

Since 1954

66 years of records

Peak year

1976

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1954

Recorded for 66 years

Last year on file: 2019

Jeanny popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1954

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1976)
19
Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
05101520 201920011992198619801971196219551954 8

Jeanny by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
101 births that decade — 28% of Jeanny's all-time total
1950s361960s481970s691980s1011990s622000s452010s5

Jeanny by state

Where Jeanny concentrates geographically — total births since 1954

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Jeanny
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
11 3.0%
California share of Jeanny's total US births 3.0%

11 of 366 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jeanny?
366 babies have been named Jeanny since 1954. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1976 with 19 births.
When was Jeanny most popular?
Jeanny was most popular in the 1980s decade with 101 total births. The single peak year was 1976.
Where is Jeanny most popular?
The top states for the name Jeanny are California (11 births).
How long has the name Jeanny been used?
Jeanny has been recorded in Social Security data since 1954, spanning 66 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Jeanny?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jean, Jeanette, Jeanne, Jeannette, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1954–2019 (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.