Is Jene a boy or girl name?

Jene is a unisex name. Of the 2,218 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 70.9% were girls and 29.1% were boys. It changed hands in 1951, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Jene

Recorded 1915–2008 · United States

Jene was most popular in 1987, when 45 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,732 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,218 people named Jene.

Jene over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jene’s peak in 1987. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jene a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jene is a unisex name — 70.9% of the 2,218 Americans given it were girls and 29.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 1951 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jene

Where Jene is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 6.6×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org