Jennings

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · #1,837 for boys in 2025, 86 births
Given to boys 94.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1897 · 50 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,878
since 1892

Jennings over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #244, 1897girlsat peakboys
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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#7,13315#1,83786
2024#5,02126#1,95780
2023#5,39023#1,97078
2022#5,17225#1,91781
2021#4,96426#1,77090
2020#5,48722#1,99671
2019#5,79821#1,80585
2018#8,14613#1,79285
2017#7,09216#2,53250
2016#7,98814#2,18462
2015#6,45219#2,72244
2014#10,9559#3,69328
2013#8,13514#2,46150
2012#9,71111#4,13124
2011#12,1538#3,88526
2010#12,2768#3,81227
2009#4,92219
2008#4,39522
2007#5,66115
2006#4,37021
2005#5,87513
2004#5,81313
2003#15,7845#4,11420
2002#13,5956#7,0559
2001#5,39013
2000#13,1546#4,57316
1999#11,3857#3,83419
1998#12,4266#3,84918
1997#5,28811
1996#10,5677#5,9829
1995#4,50813
1994#3,10922
1993#10,5887#3,50118
1992#3,33819
1991#4,76011
1990#3,77915
1989#3,32517
1988#3,35015
1987#3,20115
1986#2,77918
1985#2,50420
1984#3,27013
1983#2,49319
1982#2,97215
1981#2,89815
1980#2,72917
1979#3,16813
1978#2,66916
1977#2,66516
1976#2,82614
1975#2,45017
1974#2,54915
1973#2,85712
1972#2,41815
1971#2,46415
1970#2,12518
1969#2,13016
1968#1,78820
1967#2,24213
1966#1,96316
1965#1,66922
1964#1,79320
1963#1,51327
1962#1,75721
1961#1,34935
1960#1,38233
1959#1,33734
1958#1,44629
1957#1,48728
1956#1,44329
1955#1,29434
1954#1,49626
1953#1,13942
1952#1,00251
1951#1,34430
1950#1,20336
1949#1,06344
1948#1,04745
1947#93856
1946#1,09440
1945#81758
1944#91848
1943#90854
1942#90054
1941#85854
1940#96744
1939#79459
1938#71972
1937#93245
1936#74765
1935#85054
1934#75166
1933#78860
1932#82959
1931#78763
1930#87357
1929#73473
1928#72278
1927#66891
1926#585113
1925#628101
1924#69688
1923#625104
1922#85564
1921#69886
1920#64995
1919#85060
1918#76172
1917#84957
1916#70871
1915#79158
1914#77746
1913#64148
1912#85427
1911#92513
1910#1,04510
1909#1,1557
1908#77912
1907#66415
1906#79810
1905#1,2335
1904#9667
1903
1902#7949
1901#63711
1900#40231
1899#45717
1898#36428
1897#24450
1896#29040
1895#7389
1894#1,0745
1893#1,0355
1892#1,0665
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1892

The first year at least five boys were named Jennings! It came in at #1,066, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1903, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jennings
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 120 spots since 2024 (#1,957#1,837)
  • 159 spots since 2020 (#1,996#1,837)
  • 885 spots since 2015 (#2,722#1,837)
  • Biggest jump: 448 spots in 1896 (#738#290)
  • Biggest drop: 376 spots in 1909 (#779#1,155)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1897 at #244 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1911–1945
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,255
  • Highest: 1 in 2,255 boys born in 1897 were named Jennings (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,861 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.3% of all boys named Jennings (893) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s159#244 (1897)#659
1900s107#402 (1900)#825
1910s462#641 (1913)#820
1920s893#585 (1926)#686
1930s600#719 (1938)#807
1940s497#817 (1945)#951
1950s339#1,002 (1952)#1,319
1960s223#1,349 (1961)#1,759
1970s151#2,125 (1970)#2,619
1980s164#2,493 (1983)#2,952
1990s155#3,109 (1994)#4,195
2000s161#4,114 (2003)#5,217
2010s481#1,792 (2018)#2,902
2020s486#1,770 (2021)#1,908

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jennings in 1920

boys
#649
95 births · 1 in 11,204 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #649Jennings95
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 11,204 of them was named Jennings, which outranked 87.0% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jennings
  1. #646Carlyle96
  2. #646Fernando96
  3. #646Napoleon96
  4. #649Jennings95
  5. #649Bennett95
  6. #649Connie95
  7. #649Jules95
  8. #653Benton94
  9. #653Beverly94
  10. #653Brady94

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920