Jennie

#2,298 for girls in 2025, 79 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 793 births
Debut · girls
793 births
In top 100 · girls
42 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
127,181
since 1880

Jennie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #24, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,29879
2024#1,753115
2023#2,33678
2022#2,57968
2021#2,84859
2020#2,77959
2019#2,59367
2018#3,43845
2017#3,19250
2016#3,28049
2015#2,45674
2014#2,78162
2013#2,76962
2012#2,80562
2011#2,76363
2010#2,51473
2009#2,22788
2008#2,18491
2007#2,21389
2006#1,833111
2005#1,657120
2004#1,546128
2003#1,466133
2002#1,351143
2001#1,218166
2000#1,127181
1999#1,035196
1998#1,093177
1997#920217
1996#827242
1995#765264
1994#699299
1993#675323
1992#641352
1991#606372
1990#586394
1989#518449
1988#483470#7,2705
1987#467466#6,0896
1986#396578
1985#389585#4,3339
1984#344665
1983#325714#6,2385
1982#293835
1981#294828
1980#282875#5,5256
1979#294815#5,3556
1978#273843#5,0596
1977#286842
1976#286802
1975#322707#5,4645
1974#322691
1973#301775
1972#290864
1971#324815
1970#390600
1969#438482
1968#415507#4,1365
1967#453441
1966#395534
1965#391563#3,9305
1964#397602
1963#373672
1962#360688#4,0335
1961#365683
1960#332807
1959#351748
1958#323826
1957#327784
1956#330697
1955#322711#3,5056
1954#301784
1953#295763
1952#289796#3,7345
1951#289743
1950#288735
1949#279763
1948#287714
1947#287731#3,0967
1946#271716#3,1736
1945#271636
1944#270650
1943#263703
1942#254728#3,2126
1941#244711#2,6568
1940#247662#3,4595
1939#237682
1938#241681#2,8687
1937#229707#2,6808
1936#206798#2,8547
1935#201846#3,6455
1934#186944#2,02213
1933#1751,000#2,21411
1932#1631,190#2,46510
1931#1501,288#2,6519
1930#1521,352#2,60910
1929#1521,418#2,7669
1928#1431,642#1,90217
1927#1351,851#2,9129
1926#1322,013#2,18614
1925#1212,263#2,19314
1924#1112,495#2,22914
1923#1072,542#2,44612
1922#1052,670#3,5327
1921#992,889#2,37613
1920#972,808#2,60211
1919#932,928#3,7366
1918#913,033#2,69910
1917#813,109#2,56210
1916#793,010#2,38911
1915#733,015#2,45810
1914#772,225#2,9156
1913#801,809
1912#811,595#2,2696
1911#851,161#1,1909
1910#811,183
1909#83998#1,1557
1908#781,038
1907#78998#9998
1906#74986
1905#76981#74111
1904#73964#1,2055
1903#71936
1902#69985#1,1375
1901#69898
1900#641,204#9029
1899#561,061#1,0515
1898#571,194
1897#561,074
1896#531,178
1895#531,177#1,0795
1894#511,210#66810
1893#451,273
1892#481,212#8617
1891#401,238#8416
1890#411,259#8846
1889#391,252#6739
1888#361,298
1887#381,047
1886#341,100
1885#331,045
1884#281,063
1883#27904
1882#27934#9435
1881#26784
1880#24793#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jennie was already there! It came in at #24, and was given to 793 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2016–2021, when fewer than 68 girls a year got the name.

See more about Jennie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 545 spots since 2024 (#1,753#2,298)
  • 481 spots since 2020 (#2,779#2,298)
  • 158 spots since 2015 (#2,456#2,298)
  • Biggest jump: 66 spots in 1971 (#390#324)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1998 (#920#1,093)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #24 (793 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 110 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1880–1921
  • Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 115
  • Highest: 1 in 115 girls born in 1880 were named Jennie (0.87%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,345 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.1% of all girls named Jennie (23,068) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10,220#24 (1880)#31
1890s11,876#40 (1891)#50
1900s9,988#64 (1900)#74
1910s23,068#73 (1915)#82
1920s22,591#97 (1920)#120
1930s9,488#150 (1931)#194
1940s7,014#244 (1941)#267
1950s7,587#288 (1950)#312
1960s5,979#332 (1960)#392
1970s7,754#273 (1978)#309
1980s6,465#282 (1980)#379
1990s2,836#586 (1990)#785
2000s1,250#1,127 (2000)#1,682
2010s607#2,456 (2015)#2,859
2020s458#1,753 (2024)#2,432

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.

Jennie in 1928

girls
#143
1,642 births · 1 in 702 girls
boys
#1,902
17 births · 1 in 65,154 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #143Jennie1,642

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #1,902Jennie17
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 702 of them was named Jennie, which outranked 97.4% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jennie
  1. #140Carrie1,653
  2. #141Naomi1,652
  3. #142Joanne1,649
  4. #143Jennie1,642
  5. #144Dora1,640
  6. #145Patsy1,623
  7. #146Opal1,591
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 65,154 of them was named Jennie, which outranked 59.7% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jennie
  1. #1,822Woodroe18
  2. #1,822Zeno18
  3. #1,822Zollie18
  4. #1,902Jennie17
  5. #1,902Ace17
  6. #1,902Alven17
  7. #1,902Amon17
  8. #1,960Alpha16
  9. #1,960Alston16
  10. #1,960Archer16

Tied with 57 names at #1,902; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1928