# Jean-Paul (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jean-paul/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,767 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,767 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 46, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 4,040 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,780 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,879 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,614 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,618 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,907 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,881 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,646 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,901 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,232 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,472 |
| 2022 | 15 | 5,989 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,294 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,623 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,982 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 1,765 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |

## People named Jean-Paul

- Jean-Paul Sartre, French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor (1933–2021)
- Jean-Paul Rappeneau, French film director and screenwriter (1932–2026)
- Jean-Paul Laurens, French painter (1838-1921)
- Jean-Paul Agon, French businessman
- Jean-Paul Dubois, French writer
- Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes, French footballer (born 1952)
- Jean-Paul Vesco, French archbishop
- Jean-Paul Proust, French civil servant, Minister of State of Monaco from 2005-2010 (1940-2010)
- Jean-Paul van Poppel, Dutch racing cyclist
- Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French film director (1909–1985)
- Jean-Paul Rouve, French actor, film director and screenwriter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.