# Jean-Pierre (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jean-pierre/  
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 | 1,156 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,156 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 40, 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 | 18 | 5,079 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,586 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,791 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,148 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,619 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,176 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,167 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,342 |
| 2019 | 12 | 6,959 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,360 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,846 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,007 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,076 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,323 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,910 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 8 | 1,505 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Jean-Pierre

- Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French film director
- Jean-Pierre Sauvage, French nanotechnologist
- Jean-Pierre Papin, French football manager
- Jean-Pierre Raffarin, 94th Prime Minister of France
- Jean-Pierre Léaud, French actor
- Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician
- Jean-Pierre Melville, French filmmaker and actor (1917–1973)
- Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (1932-2007)
- Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, French writer (1755–1794)
- Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flutist
- Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French writer
- Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (1911–2001)

## 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.