Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Jean

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jean
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.4% from peak

Peak era

1927

Peak rank proxy

12,512

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19272024

Peak year

1927

Decline from peak

99.4%

2024

All-time

458,350

Jean once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1927, when 12,512 girls were named Jean.

In 2024, only 75 girls were given the name.

Down 99.4% from its peak.

All told, about 458,350 Americans have been named Jean and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.4% from peak

192712,512 girls named Jean

202475 girls named Jean

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