Names / Girl names
Jean
Current rank
#2,130
holding steady
All-time peak
#12
in 1928
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
483,400
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #12 in 1928 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Jean is a girls' name that enters U.S. records in 1880. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Its strongest year was 1928, at #12 nationally. Across all years, more than 483,400 children have been named this.