Gean
Gean is a given name and surname of either German or Irish origin.
Meaning & Origin of Gean
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gean is a given name and surname of either German or Irish origin.
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The Story of Gean
As a girl name
Gean first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1910, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1932: 26 births, good for #1,488 nationwide. About 28% of every Gean on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Gean last appeared in the published SSA data in 1971, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 670 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Gean first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1914, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1932: 22 births, good for #1,509 nationwide. About 21% of every Gean on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Gean last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 559 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Gean
Gean is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1910 and has accumulated 670 births in the dataset. Gean's peak popularity came in 1932 when it ranked #1,488. Use the chart and map above to compare Gean's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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