Girls' name · peaked in 1925
Jeanne name popularity since 1925
139,156 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jeanne. Half of them were born in 1951 or earlier, so the typical Jeanne is about 75 years old in 2026. Jeanne peaked in 1925 as the #89 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 139,156
- Named Jeanne, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1925
- #89 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,601 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 138,822 girls · 334 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 3.32× its national share
Peak year is the year Jeanne 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.
Jeanne births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Jeanne peaked in 1925.
- Fastest rise: Between 1941 and 1946, Jeanne became 1.5× more common, from 1 in 586 baby girls to 1 in 388.
- Steepest fall: Between 1974 and 1979, its share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 1,780 to 1 in 3,720.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jeanne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jeanne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jeanne 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 | 15,143 | 45 | – |
| 1930s | 18,758 | 66 | #133 |
| 1940s | 30,117 | 86 | #98 |
| 1950s | 37,671 | 65 | #115 |
| 1960s | 23,540 | 55 | #166 |
| 1970s | 8,200 | 17 | #323 |
| 1980s | 3,043 | 0 | #643 |
| 1990s | 1,175 | 0 | #1,524 |
| 2000s | 567 | 0 | #3,032 |
| 2010s | 393 | 0 | #3,803 |
| 2020–25 | 215 | 0 | #4,601 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.6% of babies named Jeanne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jeanne is most popular
The index compares Jeanne'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 Jeanne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 3.32× | 1,620 |
| Massachusetts | 2.88× | 9,443 |
| Maine | 2.18× | 1,282 |
| Minnesota | 2.13× | 5,362 |
| Wisconsin | 2.01× | 5,454 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jeanne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanne (this page) | 138,822 | 1925 |
| Jeane | 3,129 | 1924 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jeanne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jeanne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jeanne (1925).
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