girls:
36.1k births since 1882
#724 (87th percentile)
boys:
55 births since 1947
#4531 (1st percentile)
overall:
36.1k births since 1882
#1314 (83rd percentile)
The name Jeannie is the #1,314 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 36,129 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 83.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 83.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #724 (87.3% percentile) for all time with 36,074 births since 1882. For boys, it ranks #4,531 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 55 births since 1947.
Jeannie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for girls and 1947 for boys). Birth data for Jeannie is available in 132 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (132 years for girls and 10 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jeannie has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Jeannie reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 71.6% percentile (ranked #219) with 679 births per million. The name was most common in 1957, with 679 births per million (ranked 71.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2018, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Jeannie ranks #924 for girls (2.4% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 2.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jeannie reached its peak popularity in 1947, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #596) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1980.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jeannie".
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