Jean

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Primarily a girl's name · 95% girls

Origin: French

Meaning

Jean is a common female given name in English-speaking countries. It is the Scottish form of Jane. It is sometimes spelled Jeaine.

From Wikipedia

Jean first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1927 with 12,512 babies (rank #14 that year). In 2024 it was given to 75 girls (rank #2,411). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Jean

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jean yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

483,213
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
12,512
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
188059#203
188144#237
188260#223
188383#183
1884103#173
188599#189
1886124#182
1887112#187
1888145#185
1889171#173
1890160#187
1891181#178
1892194#182
1893215#171
1894242#167
1895232#177
1896255#173
1897258#172
1898341#147
1899318#147
1900473#132
1901329#149
1902408#138
1903462#121
1904483#122
1905548#115
1906666#100
1907770#96
1908852#91
1909940#90
19101,246#77
19111,381#74
19122,056#64
19132,545#60
19143,281#54
19154,603#48
19165,081#45
19175,692#40
19186,600#37
19196,799#37
19207,714#33
19218,592#25
19229,109#20
19239,511#19
192410,721#16
192511,598#14
192612,168#12
192712,512#14
192812,209#12
192911,865#12
193011,986#14
193111,013#13
193210,670#15
19339,966#14
19349,718#16
19358,852#18
19368,536#20
19378,392#23
19387,764#27
19397,292#32
19408,064#29
19417,840#32
19428,257#36
19438,096#36
19447,650#37
19457,428#38
19468,555#37
19478,940#40
19487,774#47
19497,760#45
19507,432#48
19517,627#49
19527,511#50
19537,571#52
19547,665#56
19557,480#60
19567,174#65
19577,049#67
19586,520#73
19596,234#77
19605,639#86
19615,366#92
19624,879#95
19634,483#97
19644,097#100
19653,365#112
19662,919#123
19672,546#136
19682,079#158
19691,908#167
19702,111#159
19711,776#173
19721,300#212
19731,110#231
1974960#261
1975883#272
1976812#281
1977765#311
1978652#334
1979658#353
1980682#347
1981605#380
1982603#381
1983525#411
1984519#409
1985466#461
1986400#517
1987381#529
1988329#610
1989348#610
1990265#772
1991274#753
1992211#923
1993214#902
1994189#980
1995159#1,115
1996140#1,250
1997137#1,284
1998151#1,218
1999109#1,552
2000118#1,537
2001112#1,634
200287#2,008
200389#2,022
200477#2,272
200580#2,268
200673#2,522
200786#2,262
200861#2,905
200946#3,535
201069#2,624
201158#2,966
201259#2,916
201363#2,740
201477#2,380
201567#2,664
201675#2,451
201773#2,473
201876#2,393
201990#2,098
202075#2,357
202183#2,240
202273#2,474
202367#2,629
202475#2,411