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Rejean

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Form of Réjean

Rejean has been given to 26 babies in the U.S. since 1971. 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 1980, with 13 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% boys, 31% girls all-time.

Babies named Rejean, 1980

1 in 265,000

Rejean over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Rejean over time

In 1994, Rejean went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19711994

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.

Rejean: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Réjean

French

What Rejean means

Rejean is a form of Réjean.

Origin, language, and formation

Rejean is used in English and French. Its origins include French.

Rejean comes through French Réjean.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Réjean.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 18 boys were recorded with the name Rejean between 1971 and 1980. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1980; its best national rank was #3,391 in 1980.

In the United States, 8 girls were recorded with the name Rejean between 1994 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1994; its best national rank was #10,296 in 1994.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Rejean?

Rejean had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1980, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1980
1 in 265,000
13 of 3,444,198 births
Among boys only
1 in 137,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1980
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
183,642 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rejean sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1980 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 183,642 children born in 1980 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rejean. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rejeans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rejean was born before 1980 — so the typical Rejean is around 45 today.

Median birth year
1980
About 45 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
72.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
18
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Choose a decade

1980s — 72.2% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Rejean 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1980 (13)
Years since peak
45
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Not enough data
Too few years
Best rank ever
#3,391
1980

Spellings of Rejean

Rejean is not the most common spelling — Jean is, with 45.7% against Rejean's 0.03%.

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.

Rejean around the world

Where Rejean 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.

  • France
    1937–1966
    #1,705
    in 1966
  • Canada
    1991–1998
    #1,561
    in 1998

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Rejean by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#3,391
1980
Peak year
1980
13 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
1980
All-time count
18
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,296
1994
Peak year
1994
8 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
1994
All-time count
8
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Rejean

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RejinoOsheanRejonVaseanTejeanMyseanBodeanOrleanNyseanAideanDajeanEtheanTiseanDuseanNeseanJaveanKyseanJaleanRoseanDaveanKadeanRejanAseanElean

Sibling names for Rejean

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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