Girls' name · peaked in 1949
Jeanie name popularity since 1925
16,419 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jeanie. Half of them were born in 1957 or earlier, so the typical Jeanie is about 69 years old in 2026. Jeanie peaked in 1949 as the #381 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,419
- Named Jeanie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,807 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 16,419 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 2.66× its national share
Peak year is the year Jeanie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jeanie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Jeanie peaked in 1949.
- Fastest rise: Between 1936 and 1941, Jeanie became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 8,320 baby girls to 1 in 4,390.
- Steepest fall: Between 1980 and 1985, its share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 8,140 to 1 in 15,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jeanie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jeanie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jeanie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 405 | – |
| 1930s | 1,247 | #532 |
| 1940s | 3,205 | #433 |
| 1950s | 4,284 | #450 |
| 1960s | 2,830 | #662 |
| 1970s | 2,202 | #680 |
| 1980s | 1,261 | #1,214 |
| 1990s | 489 | #2,993 |
| 2000s | 268 | #5,169 |
| 2010s | 134 | #8,667 |
| 2020–25 | 94 | #5,807 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.3% of babies named Jeanie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jeanie is most popular
The index compares Jeanie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jeanie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 2.66× | 435 |
| Arkansas | 2.39× | 308 |
| Missouri | 2.05× | 560 |
| Kentucky | 1.81× | 381 |
| Louisiana | 1.70× | 383 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jeanie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanie (this page) | 16,419 | 1949 |
| Jeannie | 35,502 | 1957 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jeanie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jeanie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jeanie (1949).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data