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
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 793 births
- Debut · girls
- 793 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 42 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 127,181since 1880
Jennie over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,298 | 79 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,753 | 115 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,336 | 78 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,579 | 68 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,848 | 59 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,779 | 59 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,593 | 67 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,438 | 45 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,192 | 50 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,280 | 49 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,456 | 74 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,781 | 62 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,769 | 62 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,805 | 62 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,763 | 63 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,514 | 73 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,227 | 88 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,184 | 91 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,213 | 89 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,833 | 111 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,657 | 120 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,546 | 128 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,466 | 133 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,351 | 143 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,218 | 166 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,127 | 181 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,035 | 196 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,093 | 177 | — | |
| 1997 | #920 | 217 | — | |
| 1996 | #827 | 242 | — | |
| 1995 | #765 | 264 | — | |
| 1994 | #699 | 299 | — | |
| 1993 | #675 | 323 | — | |
| 1992 | #641 | 352 | — | |
| 1991 | #606 | 372 | — | |
| 1990 | #586 | 394 | — | |
| 1989 | #518 | 449 | — | |
| 1988 | #483 | 470 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #467 | 466 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #396 | 578 | — | |
| 1985 | #389 | 585 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #344 | 665 | — | |
| 1983 | #325 | 714 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #293 | 835 | — | |
| 1981 | #294 | 828 | — | |
| 1980 | #282 | 875 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #294 | 815 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #273 | 843 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #286 | 842 | — | |
| 1976 | #286 | 802 | — | |
| 1975 | #322 | 707 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #322 | 691 | — | |
| 1973 | #301 | 775 | — | |
| 1972 | #290 | 864 | — | |
| 1971 | #324 | 815 | — | |
| 1970 | #390 | 600 | — | |
| 1969 | #438 | 482 | — | |
| 1968 | #415 | 507 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #453 | 441 | — | |
| 1966 | #395 | 534 | — | |
| 1965 | #391 | 563 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #397 | 602 | — | |
| 1963 | #373 | 672 | — | |
| 1962 | #360 | 688 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #365 | 683 | — | |
| 1960 | #332 | 807 | — | |
| 1959 | #351 | 748 | — | |
| 1958 | #323 | 826 | — | |
| 1957 | #327 | 784 | — | |
| 1956 | #330 | 697 | — | |
| 1955 | #322 | 711 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #301 | 784 | — | |
| 1953 | #295 | 763 | — | |
| 1952 | #289 | 796 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #289 | 743 | — | |
| 1950 | #288 | 735 | — | |
| 1949 | #279 | 763 | — | |
| 1948 | #287 | 714 | — | |
| 1947 | #287 | 731 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #271 | 716 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #271 | 636 | — | |
| 1944 | #270 | 650 | — | |
| 1943 | #263 | 703 | — | |
| 1942 | #254 | 728 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #244 | 711 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #247 | 662 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #237 | 682 | — | |
| 1938 | #241 | 681 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #229 | 707 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #206 | 798 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #201 | 846 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #186 | 944 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #175 | 1,000 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #163 | 1,190 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #150 | 1,288 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #152 | 1,352 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #152 | 1,418 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #143 | 1,642 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #135 | 1,851 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #132 | 2,013 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #121 | 2,263 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #111 | 2,495 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #107 | 2,542 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #105 | 2,670 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #99 | 2,889 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #97 | 2,808 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #93 | 2,928 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #91 | 3,033 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #81 | 3,109 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #79 | 3,010 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #73 | 3,015 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #77 | 2,225 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #80 | 1,809 | — | |
| 1912 | #81 | 1,595 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #85 | 1,161 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #81 | 1,183 | — | |
| 1909 | #83 | 998 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #78 | 1,038 | — | |
| 1907 | #78 | 998 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #74 | 986 | — | |
| 1905 | #76 | 981 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #73 | 964 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #71 | 936 | — | |
| 1902 | #69 | 985 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #69 | 898 | — | |
| 1900 | #64 | 1,204 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #56 | 1,061 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #57 | 1,194 | — | |
| 1897 | #56 | 1,074 | — | |
| 1896 | #53 | 1,178 | — | |
| 1895 | #53 | 1,177 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #51 | 1,210 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #45 | 1,273 | — | |
| 1892 | #48 | 1,212 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #40 | 1,238 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #41 | 1,259 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #39 | 1,252 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #36 | 1,298 | — | |
| 1887 | #38 | 1,047 | — | |
| 1886 | #34 | 1,100 | — | |
| 1885 | #33 | 1,045 | — | |
| 1884 | #28 | 1,063 | — | |
| 1883 | #27 | 904 | — | |
| 1882 | #27 | 934 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #26 | 784 | — | |
| 1880 | #24 | 793 | #745 | 7 |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #24 (793 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 110 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1880–1921
- Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1997
- Highest: 1 in 115 girls born in 1880 were named Jennie (0.87%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,345 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.1% of all girls named Jennie (23,068) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10,220 | #24 (1880) | #31 |
| 1890s | 11,876 | #40 (1891) | #50 |
| 1900s | 9,988 | #64 (1900) | #74 |
| 1910s | 23,068 | #73 (1915) | #82 |
| 1920s | 22,591 | #97 (1920) | #120 |
| 1930s | 9,488 | #150 (1931) | #194 |
| 1940s | 7,014 | #244 (1941) | #267 |
| 1950s | 7,587 | #288 (1950) | #312 |
| 1960s | 5,979 | #332 (1960) | #392 |
| 1970s | 7,754 | #273 (1978) | #309 |
| 1980s | 6,465 | #282 (1980) | #379 |
| 1990s | 2,836 | #586 (1990) | #785 |
| 2000s | 1,250 | #1,127 (2000) | #1,682 |
| 2010s | 607 | #2,456 (2015) | #2,859 |
| 2020s | 458 | #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 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 2,195 of them was named Jennie, which outranked 95.2% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 270,671 of them was named Jennie, which outranked 21.0% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).