Girls' name · peaked in 1970
Jeanine name popularity since 1925
23,799 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jeanine. Half of them were born in 1965 or earlier, so the typical Jeanine is about 61 years old in 2026. Jeanine peaked in 1970 as the #330 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,799
- Named Jeanine, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #10,457 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 23,788 girls · 11 boys
- Most popular in
- New York
- 2.41× its national share
Peak year is the year Jeanine 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.
Jeanine births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1960. Measured as a share of all babies, Jeanine peaked in 1970.
- Fastest rise: Between 1947 and 1952, Jeanine became 2× more common, from 1 in 8,020 baby girls to 1 in 4,010.
- Steepest fall: Between 1982 and 1987, its share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 5,760 to 1 in 10,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jeanine's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jeanine.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jeanine in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 286 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 1,530 | 0 | #536 |
| 1940s | 1,826 | 0 | #579 |
| 1950s | 4,633 | 0 | #384 |
| 1960s | 6,776 | 6 | #352 |
| 1970s | 4,767 | 5 | #432 |
| 1980s | 2,335 | 0 | #747 |
| 1990s | 894 | 0 | #1,906 |
| 2000s | 440 | 0 | #3,676 |
| 2010s | 209 | 0 | #7,109 |
| 2020–25 | 92 | 0 | #10,457 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.3% of babies named Jeanine from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jeanine is most popular
The index compares Jeanine'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 Jeanine.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 2.41× | 3,695 |
| Illinois | 2.08× | 2,050 |
| Wisconsin | 1.82× | 723 |
| Minnesota | 1.68× | 620 |
| Iowa | 1.63× | 417 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jeanine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanine (this page) | 23,788 | 1970 |
| Jeannie | 35,502 | 1957 |
| Jeannine | 23,961 | 1929 |
| Jeanene | 2,425 | 1970 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jeanine's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jeanine.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jeanine (1970).
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