Jeni
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 99 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,856since 1936
Jeni over time
Rank among girls' names. Jeni has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 |
| 1995 | #2,486 | 51 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 |
| 1993 | #3,221 | 35 |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 |
| 1991 | #2,449 | 51 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 |
| 1989 | #2,250 | 53 |
| 1988 | #2,369 | 46 |
| 1987 | #1,962 | 57 |
| 1986 | #1,751 | 66 |
| 1985 | #1,505 | 81 |
| 1984 | #1,446 | 80 |
| 1983 | #1,260 | 99 |
| 1982 | #1,138 | 123 |
| 1981 | #1,382 | 89 |
| 1980 | #1,518 | 78 |
| 1979 | #1,323 | 94 |
| 1978 | #1,374 | 85 |
| 1977 | #1,199 | 102 |
| 1976 | #1,343 | 80 |
| 1975 | #1,807 | 51 |
| 1974 | #1,414 | 72 |
| 1973 | #1,312 | 77 |
| 1972 | #1,116 | 99 |
| 1971 | #1,172 | 98 |
| 1970 | #1,518 | 65 |
| 1969 | #1,609 | 55 |
| 1968 | #2,024 | 35 |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 |
| 1965 | #2,154 | 30 |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 |
| 1963 | #1,981 | 35 |
| 1962 | #1,627 | 48 |
| 1961 | #1,807 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,695 | 44 |
| 1959 | #1,643 | 44 |
| 1958 | #1,791 | 37 |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jeni! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1943, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Jeni
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1972 at #1,116 (99 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,767 girls born in 1982 were named Jeni (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,116 in 1972, was only 1 in 15,366 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.8% of all girls named Jeni (823) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,181 (1936) | #4,181 |
| 1940s | 63 | #2,701 (1948) | #3,199 |
| 1950s | 233 | #1,643 (1959) | #2,487 |
| 1960s | 412 | #1,609 (1969) | #1,828 |
| 1970s | 823 | #1,116 (1972) | #1,358 |
| 1980s | 772 | #1,138 (1982) | #1,658 |
| 1990s | 342 | #2,449 (1991) | #3,674 |
| 2000s | 155 | #4,981 (2000) | #6,931 |
| 2010s | 36 | #9,790 (2010) | #13,440 |
| 2020s | 15 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,178 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jeni in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 208,078 of them was named Jeni, which outranked 13.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 675 names at #4,181; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.