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Jeanie

Gender
Girl
Say it
JEE-nee
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#1,690 for girls
US rank, 2025
#5,721 for girls

Jeanie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).

What does Jeanie mean?

Hebrew: Scottish pet form of Jean

“God is gracious”

A Scottish pet form of Jean, familiar from Stephen Foster's song Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Jeanie a girl's or a boy's name?

Jeanie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jeanie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,690th among girls
Babies in 2025
18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 74% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Jeanie, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Jeanie of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.

Half of all the girls named Jeanie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were given Jeanie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #1,690 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 18 in 20252025
Jeanie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202518#1,690
202412#2,323
202310#2,640
20223#5,885
202112#2,325
202010#2,566
20197#3,340
20186#3,702
20178#3,102
20165#4,290
20158#3,114
20147#3,321
201310#2,599
20125#4,390
20117#3,360
20108#2,992
20097#3,201
20085#4,065
20077#3,060
200610#2,263
20054#4,150
20046#2,957
20035#3,233
20024#3,556
20013#4,156
20004#3,399
19991#5,182
19984#3,310

How popular is Jeanie in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,721st among girls
Babies in 2025
21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Jeanie, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 499 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.

2025 had more girls named Jeanie than any year since 2007.

Half of all the girls named Jeanie in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.

1882Busiest: 499 in 19572025
Jeanie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202521#5,721
202416#6,928
202312#8,481
202219#6,224
202113#8,019
202013#7,964
201913#8,134
201815#7,405
201713#8,295
201611#9,408
201513#8,443
201414#8,050
20139#10,995
201216#7,452
201112#9,146
201018#6,901
200913#8,884
200816#7,738
200729#4,942
200626#5,232
200525#5,109
200428#4,703
200336#3,801
200230#4,175
200132#3,936
200033#3,803
199938#3,310
199836#3,350
199740#2,974
199636#3,232
199539#2,972
199443#2,792
199350#2,484
199255#2,346
199167#2,028
199085#1,712
198982#1,663
198879#1,635
198795#1,403
198695#1,360
1985114#1,212
1984126#1,098
1983118#1,132
1982174#884
1981174#877
1980204#798
1979163#911
1978177#836
1977207#740
1976198#741
1975220#679
1974235#648
1973224#664
1972236#645
1971272#620
1970270#628
1969249#630
1968224#648
1967217#650
1966212#666
1965222#660
1964276#600
1963318#543
1962357#517
1961360#515
1960395#491
1959417#474
1958462#442
1957499#416
1956453#427
1955401#449
1954406#432
1953459#395
1952414#417
1951409#410
1950364#417
1949426#379
1948392#402
1947424#386
1946367#398
1945274#432
1944289#422
1943262#457
1942251#464
1941275#414
1940245#434
1939156#532
1938137#591
1937150#544
1936125#590
1935147#532
1934122#591
1933131#558
193294#698
193186#725
193099#690
192978#798
192886#773
192792#747
192675#854
192574#867
192457#1,017
192372#864
192251#1,059
192132#1,437
192038#1,246
191937#1,242
191826#1,566
191725#1,507
191631#1,298
191527#1,367
191422#1,344
191315#1,528
191221#1,143
191115#1,171
191014#1,207
19097#1,763
190811#1,261
19079#1,384
19069#1,321
19056#1,695
19047#1,485
190311#1,076
19026#1,593
190110#1,067
19007#1,560
18996#1,393
18989#1,171
18975#1,554
189615#843
18955#1,592
189412#905
189310#955
189211#908
189112#796
18909#940
188910#839
18888#959
188712#661
188610#731
18856#921
188410#686
18837#754
18826#813

Names like Jeanie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Bonnie, Elsie, Annie, Nancy, Betsy, Billie, Connie, Frankie, Jessie, Rosie, Lottie, Dottie

Other spellings of Jeanie

Genie, Jeannie

Names related to Jeanie

Joanie, Jean, Jennie, Jeanne, Janine, Janie, Jeni, Jeanna

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jeanie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeanie, updated 20 October 2026.