NameTides

Jean

Jean was the #1,169 boys' name in the US in 2025 (176 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #981 in Canada.

Jean as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Jean as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Jean as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#2,117 (88)#2,605 (10)#632 (4)#397 (3)#885 (3)#2,730 (7)—
2024#2,413 (75)#1,449 (22)#790 (3)—#898 (3)#1,710 (13)—
2023#2,614 (67)#1,863 (15)———#2,203 (9)—
2022#2,463 (73)#2,178 (12)——#634 (5)#1,854 (11)—
2021#2,233 (83)#2,341 (11)——#661 (5)#1,592 (14)—
2020#2,341 (75)#2,615 (9)#765 (3)——#2,163 (9)—
2019#2,090 (90)#2,286 (11)———#2,872 (6)—
2018#2,387 (76)#1,649 (18)——#512 (7)#1,862 (11)—
2017#2,464 (73)#1,411 (23)——#734 (4)#1,784 (12)—
2016#2,446 (75)#2,120 (13)———#1,690 (13)—
2015#2,646 (67)#2,070 (13)——#751 (4)#2,011 (10)—
2014#2,371 (77)#1,798 (16)——#661 (5)#2,905 (6)—
2013#2,726 (63)#3,536 (6)#663 (4)—#491 (8)#1,599 (14)—
2012#2,901 (59)#1,991 (14)——#510 (8)#1,787 (12)—
2011#2,945 (58)#1,807 (15)#810 (3)—#550 (7)#2,348 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1924 at #313.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 33% of US babies named Jean were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jean is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 9,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jean by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #661NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,438CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,070TXFlorida: #649FL
Jean (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#40611
Ontario2024#1,3557

Jean (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JeanCanadaGirls#2,7307
JeanCanadaBoys#98126
JeanEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
JeanEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
Jean-England & WalesBoys—too few
JeanIrelandGirls#8853
JeanIrelandBoys—too few
JeanNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
JeanNSWGirls—too few
JeanScotlandGirls#6324
JeanScotlandBoys—too few
JeanUSGirls#2,11788
JeanUSBoys#1,169176