Jean

Boy · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.0 to 1)

  • #1,169in 2025
  • 1 in 9,704boys in 2025
  • +28%last ten years
  • 3.0×in Florida

Most popular in 1924, and up 28% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

014829618801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Jean, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880109
188189
1882106
1883182
1884218
1885158
188699
1887207
1888116
1889109
1890135
1891168
1892156
1893134
1894164
1895162
1896226
1897177
1898171
1899122
1900146
1901291
1902179
1903185
1904203
1905166
1906210
1907272
1908201
1909140
1910227
1911195
1912209
1913195
1914173
1915191
1916182
1917202
1918222
1919229
1920260
1921264
1922266
1923280
1924296
1925272
1926268
1927233
1928295
1929268
1930262
1931275
1932230
1933206
1934172
1935187
1936173
1937146
1938150
1939142
1940130
1941124
1942114
1943114
1944126
1945116
194694
194785
194885
194992
195092
195175
195275
195361
195478
195573
195680
195777
195869
195970
196068
196174
196266
196374
196483
1965107
1966113
1967119
1968133
1969132
1970147
1971166
1972141
1973144
1974146
1975124
1976138
1977110
1978111
1979120
1980120
1981134
1982149
1983156
1984148
1985135
1986141
1987152
1988151
1989131
1990174
1991151
1992182
1993218
1994154
1995153
1996127
1997132
199899
1999128
2000149
2001148
2002135
2003135
2004148
2005121
2006145
2007116
2008109
2009106
2010142
2011110
2012100
201398
201496
201580
201696
201788
201881
201980
202071
202162
202277
202389
2024107
2025103

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Florida 3.0×
  2. New Jersey 2.6×
  3. New York 2.1×
  4. Texas 1.1×
  5. California 0.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
176
Rank in 2025
#1,169
How rare
1 in 9,704 boys
Since 1880
25,039

Most popular in 1924, at 296 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 28% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Florida3.0×85
New Jersey2.6×31
New York2.1×53
Texas1.1×57
California0.6×34

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.