Jannifer

Peak · girls
1961 · 27 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
855
since 1944

Jannifer over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jannifer has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,299, 1961girls
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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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2001#15,3525
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1999#14,4115
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1997#12,0706
1996#13,5185
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1994#7,60411
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1992#11,7386
1991#8,5889
1990#8,5019
1989#7,44910
1988#4,65318
1987#9,8256
1986#5,75712
1985#3,62123
1984#3,52723
1983#3,15126
1982#3,78021
1981#2,84731
1980#3,50623
1979#3,33324
1978#2,85928
1977#3,17624
1976#2,86526
1975#3,05223
1974#3,11022
1973#3,12221
1972#3,89415
1971#4,12314
1970#3,03022
1969#3,01220
1968#2,48225
1967#3,65613
1966#2,35726
1965#2,83319
1964#3,10817
1963#2,30627
1962#2,46324
1961#2,29927
1960#4,4379
1959#3,43613
1958#3,23214
1957#4,2029
1956#2,45321
1955#3,22513
1954#4,2788
1953#3,68710
1952#3,7969
1951#2,57716
1950#3,23511
1949#2,51416
1948#4,6516
1947#3,44810
1946#3,03411
1945#3,6767
1944#4,0546
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five girls were named Jannifer! It came in at #4,054, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Jannifer is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Jannifer in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jannifer
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1961 at #2,299 (27 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 53,808
  • Highest: 1 in 53,808 girls born in 1981 were named Jannifer (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 360,125 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,299 in 1961, was only 1 in 74,759 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 25.6% of all girls named Jannifer (219) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s56#2,514 (1949)#3,563
1950s124#2,453 (1956)#3,412
1960s207#2,299 (1961)#2,895
1970s219#2,859 (1978)#3,256
1980s193#2,847 (1981)#4,812
1990s51#7,604 (1994)#10,919
2000s5#15,352 (2001)#15,352

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.

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