How Many People Are Named Gean?
An estimated 411 people in the United States have the first name Gean. It is used for both genders, with 54.5% female. The average bearer is 66 years old, and Gean peaked in popularity in 1932 with 48 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Gean as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Gean paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Gean is a genuinely unisex name, given to both boys and girls in roughly equal numbers.
- With an average bearer age of 66, Gean is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1970.
Estimated Living Americans
411
About 1 in 833,952 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
54.5% confidence
Average Age
66
years old
Peak Year
1932
48 births
Total Registered
1,229
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Gean
Gean is a genuinely unisex name, used for both males (45.5%) and females (54.5%). Out of 1,229 total births registered, 559 were male and 670 were female.
Gean as a male name
Ranked #12,982 in 2022
5 male births in 2022
Peak: 1932 (22 births)
Gean as a female name
Ranked #7,686 in 1971
6 female births in 1971
Peak: 1932 (26 births)
Gean: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Gean span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 303 babies were registered. Gean has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Gean by Decade
How has Gean tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Gean by State
Gean + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Gean as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Gean
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Gean: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Gean?
We estimate approximately 411 people named Gean are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 833,952 Americans share this first name.
Is Gean a common name?
Gean is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 82.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,229 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Gean most popular?
Gean reached peak popularity in 1932, when 48 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Gean is approximately 66 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Gean a female name?
Gean is predominantly female. 54.5% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Gean Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Gean Smith, Gean Johnson, Gean Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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