Jeannie
Jeannie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 222nd, in 1957.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19571,424 births
- Best rank
- #222in 1957
- Since 1882
- 36,097people given the name
The story in the numbers
36,097 girls have been named Jeannie in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 1,424 births.
The name has all but left use: 22 births in 2024, against 1,424 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1950s alone account for 27%. It has spent 71 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jeannie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | |
| 1890s | 30 | |
| 1900s | 49 | |
| 1910s | 215 | |
| 1920s | 652 | |
| 1930s | 1,243 | |
| 1940s | 5,249 | |
| 1950s | 9,791 | |
| 1960s | 7,357 | |
| 1970s | 6,481 | |
| 1980s | 3,031 | |
| 1990s | 1,097 | |
| 2000s | 494 | |
| 2010s | 255 | |
| 2020s | 112 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Jeannie was the 222nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1957 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Debra and Karen. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Jeannie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lynellpeak 1971
- Donitapeak 1962
- Julenepeak 1958
- Carenpeak 1957
- Joellenpeak 1960
- Jeripeak 1957
- Johnettepeak 1949
- Donettapeak 1956
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.