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The first name Jeannie

A girl’s name.

2 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

From Jean + -ie.

Jeannie is a short form of

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From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity

Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025

In 2025, 3 girls were named Jeannie, making it the 5,927th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2008, with 11 births (#2,150).

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135
babies named Jeannie, 1996–2025
#5,927
rank in 2025
2008
peak year

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Jeannie with other names.

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Jeannie at birth, 1880–2025

In 2025, 16 girls born in the United States were named Jeannie, the 6,966th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1957, when 1,424 were.

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36,170
babies named Jeannie since 1880
#6,966
rank in 2025
1957
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Famous people named Jeannie

9 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Jeannie Longo
    French cyclist, born 1958
  • Jeannie Berlin
    American actress, born 1949
  • Jeannie Pepper
    American adult film actress (born 1958)
  • Jeannie C. Riley
    American singer, born 1945
  • Jeannie Rousseau
    French spy in World War II (1919–2017)
  • Jeannie Mai Jenkins
    American television host and stylist, born 1979
  • Jeannie Carson
    English-born comedian and actress, 1928–2022
  • Jeannie Ortega
    American musician, born 1986
  • Jeannie Gunn
    Australian novelist, teacher and Returned and Services League of Australia volunteer (1870

Questions

What does the name Jeannie mean?
From Jean + -ie.
How popular is the name Jeannie?
In 2025, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Jeannie, ranking 5,927th. Its peak was 2008, with 11 births.
Is Jeannie a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 36,170 US babies named Jeannie since 1880 were girls.
When was Jeannie most popular?
1957 in the United States, when 1,424 babies were named Jeannie, its highest rank at 222nd.