Jean Name Popularity

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How popular is Jean?

In 2018 the rare name Jean, ranked the 2,393rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Jean is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity ranking of #12 was reached for the first time in 1926 and as recently as 1929.

The greatest number of babies were given the name in 1927 with 12,511 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Jean was 44 in 1881.

Jean, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1881-1889, 1890-1894, 1895-1900, 1901-1927, and 2011-2014, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1930-1939, 1955-1976, 1982-1986, 1989-2002, and 2005-2009.

Jean became more popular as a boys name in 1990.

For a number of years, the name Jean has steadily decreased in popularity. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Jean for their newborn has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jean?

Jean's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Jean is quite distinctive but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Jean is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Jean (Girl)		Jean (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		75	2,393	148	1,240
2017		73	2,464	162	1,160
2016		75	2,448	182	1,080
2015		67	2,655	154	1,199
2014		77	2,376	184	1,064
2013		63	2,736	185	1,040
2012		59	2,912	190	1,025
2011		58	2,964	209	950
2010		69	2,620	272	800
2009		46	3,529	210	958
2008		61	2,902	222	920
2007		86	2,259	241	861
2006		73	2,517	299	722
2005		80	2,267	242	798
2004		77	2,269	294	687
2003		89	2,020	267	705
2002		86	2,021	261	695
2001		112	1,634	286	653
2000		118	1,536	292	628
1999		109	1,552	246	685
1998		151	1,218	190	806
1997		137	1,283	249	660
1996		140	1,250	240	681
1995		158	1,123	291	602
1994		189	980	297	606
1993		214	903	428	489
1992		211	923	363	533
1991		274	753	306	577
1990		265	772	357	522
1989		348	610	262	609
1988		329	609	289	540
1987		380	530	283	542
1986		401	516	260	551
1985		465	461	250	557
1984		519	409	268	522
1983		525	410	279	502
1982		602	382	271	515
1981		605	380	240	546
1980		682	347	214	590
1979		658	353	206	595
1978		654	334	182	618
1977		765	311	180	627
1976		811	282	217	548
1975		885	272	193	582
1974		960	261	229	524
1973		1,111	230	226	523
1972		1,300	212	228	524
1971		1,776	173	294	472
1970		2,109	159	273	491
1969		1,909	167	236	503
1968		2,079	158	231	497
1967		2,546	136	207	520
1966		2,919	123	200	539
1965		3,363	112	199	545
1964		4,099	100	165	610
1963		4,482	97	151	639
1962		4,880	94	136	669
1961		5,364	92	157	631
1960		5,638	86	144	650
1959		6,235	77	152	629
1958		6,522	73	146	638
1957		7,044	67	167	595
1956		7,177	65	169	584
1955		7,481	60	152	597
1954		7,665	56	159	587
1953		7,570	52	121	649
1952		7,510	50	147	576
1951		7,626	49	141	584
1950		7,432	48	165	522
1949		7,760	45	164	523
1948		7,773	47	150	545
1947		8,941	40	155	540
1946		8,555	37	151	521
1945		7,427	38	156	481
1944		7,649	37	172	465
1943		8,096	36	163	484
1942		8,255	36	157	492
1941		7,840	32	152	477
1940		8,066	29	151	470
1939		7,289	32	157	459
1938		7,761	27	166	449
1937		8,395	23	156	449
1936		8,535	20	179	414
1935		8,851	18	195	391
1934		9,717	16	178	419
1933		9,966	14	204	382
1932		10,670	15	240	360
1931		11,012	13	286	324
1930		11,985	14	288	326
1929		11,867	12	288	327
1928		12,205	12	327	309
1927		12,511	14	263	360
1926		12,168	12	298	336
1925		11,597	14	303	333
1924		10,724	16	335	313
1923		9,511	19	307	332
1922		9,108	20	289	349
1921		8,593	25	291	348
1920		7,714	33	277	357
1919		6,799	37	224	392
1918		6,600	37	226	396
1917		5,692	40	187	412
1916		5,081	45	162	440
1915		4,603	48	162	424
1914		3,281	54	113	451
1913		2,545	60	100	428
1912		2,056	64	90	411
1911		1,381	74	44	442
1910		1,246	77	44	400
1909		940	90	23	550
1908		852	91	31	434
1907		770	96	40	344
1906		666	100	28	416
1905		548	115	22	485
1904		483	122	26	414
1903		462	121	22	440
1902		408	138	22	446
1901		329	149	31	320
1900		473	132	22	499
1899		318	147	13	565
1898		341	147	21	443
1897		258	172	20	429
1896		255	173	27	376
1895		232	177	19	465
1894		242	167	19	449
1893		215	171	15	488
1892		194	182	19	453
1891		181	178	17	436
1890		160	187	15	498
1889		171	173	12	566
1888		145	185	14	540
1887		112	187	21	363
1886		124	182	11	585
1885		99	189	17	451
1884		103	173	25	357
1883		83	183	19	408
1882		60	223	12	560
1881		44	237	9	625
1880		59	203	12	546

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.