Girls' name · peaked in 1929
Jeannine name popularity since 1925
23,967 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jeannine. Half of them were born in 1957 or earlier, so the typical Jeannine is about 69 years old in 2026. Jeannine peaked in 1929 as the #172 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,967
- Named Jeannine, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1929
- #172 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #10,458 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 23,961 girls · 6 boys
- Most popular in
- Maine
- 7.83× its national share
Peak year is the year Jeannine 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.
Jeannine births per year, 1925–2025
1929 was the biggest year for Jeannine both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1929 and 1934, Jeannine's share of baby girls fell by 70%.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Jeannine's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jeannine.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jeannine 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 | 1,687 | 6 | – |
| 1930s | 4,019 | 0 | #312 |
| 1940s | 2,940 | 0 | #448 |
| 1950s | 4,285 | 0 | #439 |
| 1960s | 5,437 | 0 | #382 |
| 1970s | 3,564 | 0 | #533 |
| 1980s | 1,315 | 0 | #1,144 |
| 1990s | 408 | 0 | #3,046 |
| 2000s | 188 | 0 | #6,973 |
| 2010s | 83 | 0 | #17,630 |
| 2020–25 | 35 | 0 | #10,458 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
35.9% of babies named Jeannine from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jeannine is most popular
The index compares Jeannine'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 Jeannine.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Maine | 7.83× | 699 |
| Rhode Island | 5.94× | 439 |
| Massachusetts | 2.49× | 1,234 |
| New York | 1.85× | 2,935 |
| Illinois | 1.65× | 1,681 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jeannine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jeannine (this page) | 23,961 | 1929 |
| Jeanine | 23,788 | 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 Jeannine's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jeannine.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jeannine (1929).
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