Jeannie
Pronounced JH IY1 N IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1957
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Jeannie?
Jeannie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 55,954 children — the 501st most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 416 births across the past decade, against a peak of 1,973 in a single year. That peak was in 1957.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Jeanie and Genie — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Jeannie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Jeanie
- Genie
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH IY1 N IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Jeannie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Jeannie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Jeannie?
- Jeannie ranks 501st among girls' names in US records, with 55,954 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 416.
- Is Jeannie a unisex name?
- No. Jeannie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Jeannie most popular?
- 1957, when 1,973 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Jeannie spelled?
- Jeanie, Genie. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.