Girl
Jean
Jean is a girl's name meaning "God is gracious", drawing on Hebrew roots. It had its heyday in the 1920s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. In total, about 477,913 American babies have carried this name since 1900.
HebrewGod is gracious
HebrewFrench form of Jane
Births by decade
1900s
6,198
1910s
40,634
1920s
108,976
1930s
96,226
1940s
81,935
1950s
73,782
1960s
39,105
1970s
13,257
1980s
7,468
1990s
4,815
2000s
3,440
2010s
2,077
Peaked in the 1920s · 477,913 total U.S. births since 1900