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Jeanna

Pronounced JH IY1 N N AA1 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1970
  • 99 years in use
  • 1 spelling
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How popular is Jeanna?

Jeanna is a girls' name, and first appears in 1926. It has been given to 9,471 children — the 1,461st most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 313 births across the past decade, against a peak of 299 in a single year. That peak was in 1970.

Geanna is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Jeanna and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Geanna

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
JH IY1 N N AA1
Stress pattern:
11
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Jeanna

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Jeanna

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Jeanna?
Jeanna ranks 1,461st among girls' names in US records, with 9,471 births since 1926. Over the past decade it accounts for 313.
Is Jeanna a unisex name?
No. Jeanna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Jeanna most popular?
1970, when 299 children were given the name. It has been in use for 99 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Jeanna spelled?
Geanna. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.