girl's name
Jehanne
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 1,635
Jehanne is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in France in 2001, when 40 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 58,952 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
Jehanne over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 70 |
| 1910s | 130 |
| 1920s | 145 |
| 1930s | 80 |
| 1940s | 65 |
| 1950s | 45 |
| 1960s | 35 |
| 1970s | 60 |
| 1980s | 150 |
| 1990s | 210 |
| 2000s | 340 |
| 2010s | 200 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 105 |
How popular is Jehanne?
In 2025, Jehanne was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Jehanne is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Jéhanne | Jéhanne is a rare spelling of Jehanne, written with an acute accent and recorded about 55 times, mostly in France. | 55 |
Names that peaked alongside Jehanne
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Jehanne also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jehanne over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Jehanne in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Jehane
Sibling names for Jehanne
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jehanne — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Jehanne
Is Jehanne a girl's or a boy's name?
Jehanne is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Jehanne most popular?
Jehanne peaked in 2001, when 40 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Jehanne a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jehanne currently ranks #2,472 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.