Name profile

Jeanne

Modern French form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Iohannes.

PronunciationFrench /ʒan/; English /ˈd͡ʒiːn/
Usage languagesDutch, English, French
US rank (2025)#4,546

Meaning and history

Modern French form of Jehanne, the Old French feminine form of Iohannes (see John). It has been the most consistently popular French girls’ name since the 13th century, and Joan of Arc is known in France as Jeanne d’Arc.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 48 births, rank #3,368
2007: 42 births, rank #3,786
2008: 47 births, rank #3,478
2009: 45 births, rank #3,561
2010: 40 births, rank #3,816
20112011: 39 births, rank #3,843
2012: 42 births, rank #3,711
2013: 35 births, rank #4,156
2014: 35 births, rank #4,178
2015: 40 births, rank #3,767
20162016: 36 births, rank #4,083
2017: 37 births, rank #3,996
2018: 47 births, rank #3,346
2019: 42 births, rank #3,611
2020: 40 births, rank #3,676
20212021: 41 births, rank #3,678
2022: 31 births, rank #4,472
2023: 40 births, rank #3,763
2024: 33 births, rank #4,294
20252025: 30 births, rank #4,546

Jeanne moved from #896 to #964 for girls between 1989 and 1990. Its highest annual birth count came in 1947, with 4,364 births.