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Jeannie

Gender
Girl
Say it
JEE-nee
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#6,837 for girls

Jeannie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).

What does Jeannie mean?

Hebrew: pet form of Jean, via French Jehanne

“God is gracious”

Pet form of Jean, ultimately from John; well known from the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Jeannie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jeannie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,990th among girls
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 67% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Jeannie, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 11 girls.

Half of all the girls named Jeannie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were given Jeannie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 11 in 20082025
Jeannie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20249#2,832
20238#3,098
20221#7,487
20212#7,411
20204#4,744
20195#4,214
20183#5,896
20177#3,395
20163#6,009
20150–
20145#4,187
20135#4,267
20125#4,390
20117#3,360
201010#2,540
20097#3,201
200811#2,286
20079#2,543
20066#3,280
20058#2,555
20048#2,406
20037#2,574
20024#3,556
20010–
20006#2,554
19993#4,041
19985#2,855
19974#3,345
19965#2,815

How popular is Jeannie in the US?

Rank in 2025
6,837th among girls
Babies in 2025
16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Jeannie, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 1,424 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.

2025 had fewer girls named Jeannie than any year since 1913.

Half of all the girls named Jeannie in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.

1882Busiest: 1,424 in 19572025
Jeannie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202516#6,837
202423#5,440
202329#4,652
202223#5,462
202120#5,951
202019#6,079
201922#5,608
201820#6,006
201727#4,920
201631#4,530
201524#5,456
201419#6,449
201329#4,753
201228#4,955
201129#4,806
201026#5,245
200928#5,096
200838#4,088
200739#3,982
200639#3,853
200549#3,166
200436#3,894
200358#2,704
200266#2,411
200184#2,009
200057#2,589
199966#2,255
199869#2,101
199769#2,042
1996104#1,530
1995102#1,518
1994112#1,422
1993107#1,483
1992149#1,172
1991172#1,053
1990147#1,164
1989174#988
1988200#880
1987235#766
1986249#719
1985301#624
1984338#554
1983297#597
1982371#527
1981392#509
1980474#450
1979426#477
1978407#480
1977475#425
1976513#399
1975699#324
1974820#291
1973673#331
1972805#302
1971833#320
1970830#323
1969768#328
1968670#337
1967638#355
1966681#341
1965549#398
1964651#373
1963710#357
1962755#343
1961880#312
19601,055#279
1959990#285
19581,065#269
19571,424#222
19561,149#246
1955997#272
1954921#280
1953895#278
1952848#277
1951727#291
1950775#274
1949797#273
1948736#282
1947727#289
1946669#286
1945478#311
1944428#331
1943407#353
1942360#373
1941367#343
1940280#412
1939192#484
1938152#552
1937142#570
1936121#599
1935115#607
1934134#556
1933116#603
1932110#638
193166#844
193095#710
192975#814
192883#786
192761#976
192686#777
192569#890
192481#829
192362#928
192252#1,044
192143#1,168
192040#1,206
191941#1,155
191828#1,497
191727#1,431
191629#1,357
191522#1,571
191422#1,344
191312#1,766
191219#1,218
19117#1,956
19108#1,773
19099#1,471
190812#1,203
19076#1,820
19066#1,727
19055#1,930
19040–
19030–
19026#1,593
19015#1,678
19000–
18996#1,393
18985#1,699
18976#1,384
18960–
18957#1,299
18940–
18936#1,277
18920–
18910–
18900–
18897#1,024
188810#837
18870–
18865#1,108
18858#793
18840–
18836#817
18825#908

Names like Jeannie

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

Bonnie, Billie, Betsy, Connie, Marnie, Jessie, Nancy, Michelle, Jamie, Joni, Janelle, Darcie

Other spellings of Jeannie

Jeanie, Genie

Names related to Jeannie

Jenna, Joanie, Joanne, Jennie, Jeanne, Jenan, Janine, Janie, Jianni, Janney

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, “Jeannie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeannie, updated 20 October 2026.