Jean

“God is gracious” — Hebrew via French origin

Boy's name · #1169 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Jean has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #309 (1928) · 25,039 babies named Jean all-time · 1 in 10,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 450 boys in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 520 boys in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 520 boys in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jeans

Jean de La Fontaine — French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
Jean Cocteau — French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
Jean Racine — French dramatist (1639-1699)
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert — French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
Jean Piaget — Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)

In stories & tradition

Jean Valjean — Les Misérables
Jean Passepartout — Around the World in Eighty Days
Jean Pierre Polnareff — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure · Stardust Crusaders

What Jeans become

Among 18,589 notable people named Jean:

Lawyers & judges appear 3.12× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jean Bodin, French jurist, witchcraft theorist and political philosopher (1529 or 1530–1596).

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