Jene
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Jene has been given to 2,218 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1987, with 45 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% girls, 29% boys all-time.
Babies named Jene, 2008
1 in 655,000
Jene over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Jene over time
In 2008, Jene went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Jene?
Jene had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2008
- 1 in 655,000
- 6 of 3,930,727 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 315,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2008
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 454,097 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Jene sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2008 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 454,097 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jene. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Jenes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Jene was born before 1974 — so the typical Jene is around 51 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1980s
- 22.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 31.5%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,225
- People you could plausibly meet
1980s — 22.6% of all recorded uses (356).
Is Jene rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1987 (45)
- Years since peak
- 38
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.0% average annual change
Spellings of Jene
Jene is not the most common spelling — Janet is, with 13.5% against Jene's 0.04%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Jene is used
Across 1910–2025, Jene was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 315,132 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2Louisiana1 in 100,000
- 3Illinois1 in —
- 4Michigan1 in —
- 5New York1 in —
- 6Pennsylvania1 in —
- 7Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jene has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Jene around the world
Where Jene ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1954–1972#722in 1972
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Jene by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Jene
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Jene
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.