Girls' name · peaked in 1957
Jeannie name popularity since 1925
35,557 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jeannie. Half of them were born in 1961 or earlier, so the typical Jeannie is about 65 years old in 2026. Jeannie peaked in 1957 as the #222 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 35,557
- Named Jeannie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,966 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 35,502 girls · 55 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 2.09× its national share
Peak year is the year Jeannie 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.
Jeannie births per year, 1925–2025
1957 was the biggest year for Jeannie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1936 and 1941, Jeannie became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 8,600 baby girls to 1 in 3,290.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, its share of baby girls fell by 56%, from 1 in 5,720 to 1 in 12,900.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jeannie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jeannie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jeannie 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 | 374 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 1,243 | 0 | #609 |
| 1940s | 5,249 | 6 | #311 |
| 1950s | 9,791 | 16 | #272 |
| 1960s | 7,357 | 10 | #398 |
| 1970s | 6,481 | 17 | #324 |
| 1980s | 3,031 | 6 | #624 |
| 1990s | 1,097 | 0 | #1,525 |
| 2000s | 494 | 0 | #3,187 |
| 2010s | 255 | 0 | #5,556 |
| 2020–25 | 130 | 0 | #6,966 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
47.2% of babies named Jeannie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jeannie is most popular
The index compares Jeannie'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 Jeannie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 2.09× | 874 |
| Arkansas | 1.75× | 577 |
| Oregon | 1.47× | 442 |
| West Virginia | 1.44× | 407 |
| Alabama | 1.40× | 792 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jeannie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jeannie (this page) | 35,502 | 1957 |
| Jeanine | 23,788 | 1970 |
| Jeanie | 16,419 | 1949 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jeannie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jeannie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jeannie (1957).
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