Jennings

Where Jennings comes from

Jennings hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,066 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1897
    Peak, #244
    50 babies named Jennings — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #457.
  4. 1902
    Jennings Randolph born
    American politician
  5. 1915
    Jennings Lang born
    American actor
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jennings Randolph · American politician, 1902–1998
  • Jennings Lang · American actor, 1915–1996
  • Jennings Franciskovic · American volleyball player, born 1995
  • Jennings Michael Burch · American writer, 1941–2013
  • Jennings Clark · American professional soccer player, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.