Is Jean a boy or girl name?
Jean is used for both, more often for boys in the US. In 2024, 75 girls and 184 boys were named Jean, so 29% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 94.9% of the 483,213 US babies named Jean were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,139
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,411
- Babies named Jean since 1880
- 483,213
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 12,775 babies
Boys and girls named Jean, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 152 | 1,000 | 86.8% |
| 1890s | 185 | 2,396 | 92.8% |
| 1900s | 267 | 5,931 | 95.7% |
| 1910s | 1,352 | 39,284 | 96.7% |
| 1920s | 2,978 | 105,999 | 97.3% |
| 1930s | 2,049 | 94,189 | 97.9% |
| 1940s | 1,573 | 80,364 | 98.1% |
| 1950s | 1,517 | 72,263 | 97.9% |
| 1960s | 1,829 | 37,281 | 95.3% |
| 1970s | 2,228 | 11,027 | 83.2% |
| 1980s | 2,618 | 4,858 | 65% |
| 1990s | 2,968 | 1,849 | 38.4% |
| 2000s | 2,617 | 829 | 24.1% |
| 2010s | 1,829 | 707 | 27.9% |
| 2020s | 701 | 373 | 34.7% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 184 | #1,139 | 75 | #2,411 |
| 2023 | 152 | #1,265 | 67 | #2,629 |
| 2022 | 135 | #1,385 | 73 | #2,474 |
| 2021 | 108 | #1,592 | 83 | #2,240 |
| 2020 | 122 | #1,420 | 75 | #2,357 |
| 2019 | 143 | #1,300 | 90 | #2,098 |
| 2018 | 148 | #1,248 | 76 | #2,393 |
| 2017 | 162 | #1,160 | 73 | #2,473 |
| 2016 | 182 | #1,083 | 75 | #2,451 |
| 2015 | 154 | #1,202 | 67 | #2,664 |
| 2014 | 184 | #1,066 | 77 | #2,380 |
| 2013 | 185 | #1,042 | 63 | #2,740 |
| 2012 | 190 | #1,027 | 59 | #2,916 |
| 2011 | 209 | #951 | 58 | #2,966 |
| 2010 | 272 | #800 | 69 | #2,624 |
| 2009 | 210 | #959 | 46 | #3,535 |
| 2008 | 222 | #921 | 61 | #2,905 |
| 2007 | 241 | #863 | 86 | #2,262 |
| 2006 | 299 | #722 | 73 | #2,522 |
| 2005 | 242 | #798 | 80 | #2,268 |
| 2004 | 294 | #687 | 77 | #2,272 |
| 2003 | 267 | #705 | 89 | #2,022 |
| 2002 | 262 | #695 | 87 | #2,008 |
| 2001 | 288 | #648 | 112 | #1,634 |
| 2000 | 292 | #629 | 118 | #1,537 |
| 1999 | 246 | #685 | 109 | #1,552 |
| 1998 | 190 | #806 | 151 | #1,218 |
| 1997 | 249 | #660 | 137 | #1,284 |
| 1996 | 240 | #681 | 140 | #1,250 |
| 1995 | 291 | #602 | 159 | #1,115 |
| 1994 | 297 | #607 | 189 | #980 |
| 1993 | 428 | #489 | 214 | #902 |
| 1992 | 364 | #533 | 211 | #923 |
| 1991 | 306 | #577 | 274 | #753 |
| 1990 | 357 | #522 | 265 | #772 |
| 1989 | 262 | #609 | 348 | #610 |
| 1988 | 289 | #540 | 329 | #610 |
| 1987 | 283 | #542 | 381 | #529 |
| 1986 | 260 | #551 | 400 | #517 |
| 1985 | 250 | #557 | 466 | #461 |
| 1984 | 268 | #524 | 519 | #409 |
| 1983 | 280 | #501 | 525 | #411 |
| 1982 | 271 | #516 | 603 | #381 |
| 1981 | 241 | #543 | 605 | #380 |
| 1980 | 214 | #590 | 682 | #347 |
| 1979 | 206 | #596 | 658 | #353 |
| 1978 | 182 | #619 | 652 | #334 |
| 1977 | 180 | #627 | 765 | #311 |
| 1976 | 217 | #547 | 812 | #281 |
| 1975 | 193 | #582 | 883 | #272 |
| 1974 | 230 | #522 | 960 | #261 |
| 1973 | 225 | #523 | 1,110 | #231 |
| 1972 | 228 | #524 | 1,300 | #212 |
| 1971 | 294 | #472 | 1,776 | #173 |
| 1970 | 273 | #491 | 2,111 | #159 |
| 1969 | 236 | #503 | 1,908 | #167 |
| 1968 | 231 | #497 | 2,079 | #158 |
| 1967 | 207 | #520 | 2,546 | #136 |
| 1966 | 201 | #537 | 2,919 | #123 |
| 1965 | 199 | #545 | 3,365 | #112 |
| 1964 | 165 | #610 | 4,097 | #100 |
| 1963 | 151 | #638 | 4,483 | #97 |
| 1962 | 137 | #665 | 4,879 | #95 |
| 1961 | 157 | #631 | 5,366 | #92 |
| 1960 | 145 | #646 | 5,639 | #86 |
| 1959 | 151 | #631 | 6,234 | #77 |
| 1958 | 146 | #636 | 6,520 | #73 |
| 1957 | 166 | #598 | 7,049 | #67 |
| 1956 | 170 | #583 | 7,174 | #65 |
| 1955 | 151 | #602 | 7,480 | #60 |
| 1954 | 159 | #587 | 7,665 | #56 |
| 1953 | 121 | #651 | 7,571 | #52 |
| 1952 | 146 | #577 | 7,511 | #50 |
| 1951 | 142 | #583 | 7,627 | #49 |
| 1950 | 165 | #520 | 7,432 | #48 |
| 1949 | 164 | #523 | 7,760 | #45 |
| 1948 | 150 | #545 | 7,774 | #47 |
| 1947 | 156 | #539 | 8,940 | #40 |
| 1946 | 152 | #521 | 8,555 | #37 |
| 1945 | 156 | #481 | 7,428 | #38 |
| 1944 | 172 | #466 | 7,650 | #37 |
| 1943 | 163 | #485 | 8,096 | #36 |
| 1942 | 157 | #492 | 8,257 | #36 |
| 1941 | 152 | #477 | 7,840 | #32 |
| 1940 | 151 | #470 | 8,064 | #29 |
| 1939 | 157 | #459 | 7,292 | #32 |
| 1938 | 166 | #449 | 7,764 | #27 |
| 1937 | 156 | #449 | 8,392 | #23 |
| 1936 | 179 | #414 | 8,536 | #20 |
| 1935 | 195 | #391 | 8,852 | #18 |
| 1934 | 178 | #419 | 9,718 | #16 |
| 1933 | 204 | #382 | 9,966 | #14 |
| 1932 | 240 | #360 | 10,670 | #15 |
| 1931 | 286 | #324 | 11,013 | #13 |
| 1930 | 288 | #325 | 11,986 | #14 |
| 1929 | 288 | #327 | 11,865 | #12 |
| 1928 | 327 | #309 | 12,209 | #12 |
| 1927 | 263 | #360 | 12,512 | #14 |
| 1926 | 298 | #336 | 12,168 | #12 |
| 1925 | 303 | #331 | 11,598 | #14 |
| 1924 | 335 | #313 | 10,721 | #16 |
| 1923 | 307 | #332 | 9,511 | #19 |
| 1922 | 289 | #349 | 9,109 | #20 |
| 1921 | 291 | #348 | 8,592 | #25 |
| 1920 | 277 | #357 | 7,714 | #33 |
| 1919 | 224 | #392 | 6,799 | #37 |
| 1918 | 226 | #396 | 6,600 | #37 |
| 1917 | 187 | #412 | 5,692 | #40 |
| 1916 | 162 | #440 | 5,081 | #45 |
| 1915 | 162 | #424 | 4,603 | #48 |
| 1914 | 113 | #451 | 3,281 | #54 |
| 1913 | 100 | #428 | 2,545 | #60 |
| 1912 | 90 | #411 | 2,056 | #64 |
| 1911 | 44 | #442 | 1,381 | #74 |
| 1910 | 44 | #400 | 1,246 | #77 |
| 1909 | 23 | #550 | 940 | #90 |
| 1908 | 31 | #434 | 852 | #91 |
| 1907 | 40 | #344 | 770 | #96 |
| 1906 | 28 | #416 | 666 | #100 |
| 1905 | 22 | #485 | 548 | #115 |
| 1904 | 26 | #414 | 483 | #122 |
| 1903 | 22 | #440 | 462 | #121 |
| 1902 | 22 | #446 | 408 | #138 |
| 1901 | 31 | #320 | 329 | #149 |
| 1900 | 22 | #499 | 473 | #132 |
| 1899 | 13 | #565 | 318 | #147 |
| 1898 | 21 | #443 | 341 | #147 |
| 1897 | 20 | #429 | 258 | #172 |
| 1896 | 27 | #376 | 255 | #173 |
| 1895 | 19 | #465 | 232 | #177 |
| 1894 | 19 | #449 | 242 | #167 |
| 1893 | 15 | #488 | 215 | #171 |
| 1892 | 19 | #452 | 194 | #182 |
| 1891 | 17 | #436 | 181 | #178 |
| 1890 | 15 | #498 | 160 | #187 |
| 1889 | 12 | #566 | 171 | #173 |
| 1888 | 14 | #540 | 145 | #185 |
| 1887 | 21 | #363 | 112 | #187 |
| 1886 | 11 | #585 | 124 | #182 |
| 1885 | 17 | #451 | 99 | #189 |
| 1884 | 25 | #357 | 103 | #173 |
| 1883 | 19 | #408 | 83 | #183 |
| 1882 | 12 | #560 | 60 | #223 |
| 1881 | 9 | #625 | 44 | #237 |
| 1880 | 12 | #546 | 59 | #203 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Jean reached #309 in 1928. As a girl name, it reached #12 in 1926. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Jean
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.