Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jene**

#4,190 most common girls' name of all time · #7,129 across all names · 29% male / 71% female · used 1915–2008 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#4,190
Rank overall
#7,129 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
93 of 146
All-time
2,218
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1987 #2,341
Best rank
#1,998 1951
Girls Boys peak 45/yr
19201940196019802000

Jene first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2008 6 — 6 #15,545
2007 5 — 5 #17,808
2006 7 — 7 #13,723
2005 13 — 13 #8,373
2003 9 — 9 #10,506
2002 10 — 10 #9,558
2001 8 5 13 #11,116
2000 17 — 17 #6,251
1999 14 — 14 #6,889
1998 12 — 12 #7,600
1997 14 — 14 #6,548
1996 8 — 8 #9,678
1995 22 — 22 #4,542
1994 16 — 16 #5,772
1993 20 — 20 #4,853
1992 32 — 32 #3,430
1991 35 — 35 #3,167
1990 38 — 38 #2,976
1989 37 — 37 #2,946
1988 32 — 32 #3,111
1987 45 — 45 #2,341
1986 26 — 26 #3,390
1985 26 — 26 #3,346
1984 43 — 43 #2,272
1983 31 6 37 #2,803
1982 42 — 42 #2,335
1981 35 — 35 #2,627
1980 39 — 39 #2,454
1979 35 5 40 #2,592
1978 32 8 40 #2,643
1977 30 5 35 #2,736
1976 16 — 16 #4,006
1975 15 — 15 #4,200
1974 27 — 27 #2,709
1973 30 8 38 #2,472
1972 14 6 20 #4,137
1971 29 6 35 #2,560
1970 13 7 20 #4,313
1969 23 7 30 #2,799
1968 14 8 22 #3,670
1967 16 — 16 #3,258
1966 20 — 20 #2,781
1965 12 6 18 #3,816
1964 14 7 21 #3,581
1963 12 7 19 #3,880
1962 20 6 26 #2,765
1961 19 10 29 #2,883
1960 15 5 20 #3,265
1959 14 6 20 #3,322
1958 19 5 24 #2,707
1957 18 12 30 #2,766
1956 21 9 30 #2,483
1955 12 7 19 #3,474
1954 21 10 31 #2,422
1953 13 — 13 #3,190
1952 21 12 33 #2,309
1951 25 9 34 #1,998
1950 13 7 20 #2,984
1949 11 10 21 #3,285
1948 5 13 18 #5,515
1947 11 6 17 #3,350
1946 12 18 30 #2,973
1945 10 6 16 #3,043
1944 8 10 18 #3,557
1943 11 9 20 #2,966
1942 9 14 23 #3,359
1941 — 14 14 —
1940 5 21 26 #4,687
1939 10 11 21 #2,862
1938 10 16 26 #2,872
1937 13 16 29 #2,416
1936 6 15 21 #3,983
1935 11 13 24 #2,696
1934 13 16 29 #2,387
1933 8 10 18 #3,333
1932 12 17 29 #2,615
1931 8 17 25 #3,409
1930 6 14 20 #4,332
1929 9 22 31 #3,331
1928 13 23 36 #2,599
1927 10 26 36 #3,231
1926 9 17 26 #3,480
1925 12 20 32 #2,920
1924 17 12 29 #2,299
1923 13 13 26 #2,717
1922 11 14 25 #3,122
1921 15 11 26 #2,501
1920 11 6 17 #3,077
1919 9 6 15 #3,409
1918 13 7 20 #2,666
1917 12 9 21 #2,685
1916 7 — 7 #3,847
1915 7 5 12 #3,757