Jeaneen
A feminine name of English origin meaning "God's gracious gift".
Name Census estimates that about 641 living Americans carry the first name Jeaneen. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Jeaneen today is around 60 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jeaneen births was 1970 (33 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jeaneen. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
641
~ 1 in 534,718 Americans
Peak year
1970
33 babies that year
Average age
60
years old
1991 SSA rank
#14,063
Tracked since 1929
Census
Jeaneen in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 719 people with the first name Jeaneen, which placed it at #15,860 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#15,860
National first-name rank
People counted
719
719 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
70.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jeaneen
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jeaneen is White at 70.8%. The next largest groups are Black (21.4%) and Hispanic (3.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jeaneen described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Jeaneen at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White70.8% · 509
- Black or African American21.4% · 154
- Hispanic or Latino3.6% · 26
- Two or more races2.5% · 18
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.4% · 10
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.3% · 2
Popularity
Jeaneen: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jeaneen from the 1920s through to the 1990s, spanning 8 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1960s, with 235 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1960s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jeaneen by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Jeaneen during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jeaneens live
The SSA's state-level files cover 5 states and territories. New York, California, Illinois recorded the most babies named Jeaneen, while Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 8 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Jeaneen
The name Jeaneen is an English variation of the French name Jeanne, which is derived from the Hebrew name Yohanan, meaning "God is gracious." The name gained popularity during the Middle Ages, particularly in France and England.
Jeanne was the French form of the name, and it was borne by several notable historical figures, including Jeanne d'Arc, also known as Joan of Arc (c. 1412-1431), the famous French heroine and Catholic saint who played a crucial role in the Hundred Years' War. Jeanne de Bourbon (c. 1293-1349) was a French princess and the first wife of King Charles IV of France.
The name Jeaneen is believed to have emerged as a variant of the name Jeanne in the late 19th or early 20th century. It is a combination of the French name Jeanne and the English suffix "-een," which was commonly used to create diminutive or affectionate forms of names.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Jeaneen was Jeaneen Criswell (1919-2010), an American actress and singer who appeared in several Broadway productions and films during the 1940s and 1950s. Jeaneen Weissenborn (1923-2009) was an American artist and painter known for her abstract expressionist works.
Jeaneen Buchanan (born 1945) is a Canadian actress and singer who has appeared in numerous television shows and films, including "Klute" and "The Sting." Jeaneen Gauthier (born 1956) is a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal in 1998.
Another notable bearer of the name is Jeaneen Foudree (born 1945), an American singer and actress who performed in various television shows and musicals throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She is best known for her role in the Broadway production of "The Wiz."
People
Jeaneen + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jeaneen as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Jeaneen: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jeaneen?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 641 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jeaneen going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 534,718 US residents.
Is Jeaneen a common name?
We classify Jeaneen as "Very Rare". It ranks above 86.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 886 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jeaneen most popular?
The single biggest year for Jeaneen was 1970, when 33 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jeaneen is about 60 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jeaneen in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 719 people with the name Jeaneen, or 0.24 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #15,860 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Jeaneen in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Jeaneen?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jeaneen appears almost entirely female. Of the 717 people counted with this name, 99.7% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Jeaneen?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jeaneen is White at 70.8%. The next largest groups are Black (21.4%) and Hispanic (3.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Jeaneen most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Jeaneen in the 2020 Census, accounting for 70.8% (509 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Jeaneen in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jeaneen a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Jeaneen in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Jeaneen still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jeaneen in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Jeaneen can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Jeaneen?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.