# Jeannine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jeannine/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,072 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 24,066 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From French Jeannine, from Jeanne + -ine, q.v. Sometimes also parsed as a diminutive of English Jean, Jeanne, etc. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 12,807 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,657 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,676 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,580 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,495 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,630 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,261 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,898 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,138 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,059 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,293 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,809 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,183 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,564 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,458 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 6 | 3,751 |

## People named Jeannine

- Jeannine Taylor, American actress
- Jeannine Riley, American actress
- Jeannine Mukanirwa, Congolese women's rights activist
- Jeannine Oppewall, American film art director
- Jeannine Altmeyer, American singer
- Stéphane Audran, French actress (1932–2018)
- Kristen Dalton, American model
- Etchika Choureau, French actress
- Maxxine Dupri, American professional wrestler and wrestling manager

## 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.