Jenifer
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1973 · 913 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,551since 1933
Jenifer over time
Rank among girls' names. Jenifer has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #7,133 | 15 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,488 | 31 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,103 | 36 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,404 | 46 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,449 | 75 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,454 | 74 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,720 | 121 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,584 | 142 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,133 | 227 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,048 | 250 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,001 | 259 | — | |
| 2005 | #847 | 298 | — | |
| 2004 | #813 | 308 | — | |
| 2003 | #725 | 353 | — | |
| 2002 | #706 | 354 | — | |
| 2001 | #767 | 311 | — | |
| 2000 | #711 | 326 | — | |
| 1999 | #649 | 355 | — | |
| 1998 | #771 | 279 | — | |
| 1997 | #720 | 299 | — | |
| 1996 | #827 | 242 | — | |
| 1995 | #712 | 291 | — | |
| 1994 | #719 | 288 | — | |
| 1993 | #784 | 262 | — | |
| 1992 | #671 | 328 | — | |
| 1991 | #626 | 359 | — | |
| 1990 | #623 | 358 | — | |
| 1989 | #600 | 357 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #560 | 381 | — | |
| 1987 | #481 | 447 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #471 | 455 | — | |
| 1985 | #374 | 606 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #375 | 607 | — | |
| 1983 | #349 | 647 | — | |
| 1982 | #334 | 723 | — | |
| 1981 | #336 | 706 | — | |
| 1980 | #333 | 724 | — | |
| 1979 | #327 | 714 | — | |
| 1978 | #305 | 763 | — | |
| 1977 | #292 | 814 | — | |
| 1976 | #295 | 773 | — | |
| 1975 | #287 | 838 | — | |
| 1974 | #278 | 923 | — | |
| 1973 | #271 | 913 | — | |
| 1972 | #282 | 913 | — | |
| 1971 | #333 | 782 | — | |
| 1970 | #347 | 736 | — | |
| 1969 | #395 | 572 | — | |
| 1968 | #430 | 487 | — | |
| 1967 | #537 | 305 | — | |
| 1966 | #518 | 331 | — | |
| 1965 | #516 | 341 | — | |
| 1964 | #548 | 326 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #572 | 294 | — | |
| 1962 | #557 | 308 | — | |
| 1961 | #593 | 287 | — | |
| 1960 | #656 | 240 | — | |
| 1959 | #694 | 208 | — | |
| 1958 | #643 | 234 | — | |
| 1957 | #793 | 162 | — | |
| 1956 | #817 | 147 | — | |
| 1955 | #961 | 106 | — | |
| 1954 | #936 | 106 | — | |
| 1953 | #860 | 118 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,008 | 87 | — | |
| 1951 | #996 | 88 | — | |
| 1950 | #959 | 88 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,064 | 71 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,290 | 50 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,087 | 61 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,155 | 46 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
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| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jenifer! It came in at #3,753, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935–1936, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jenifer is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Colorado#276 · 1 in 1,583
- Arkansas#323 · 1 in 2,082
- Maryland#323 · 1 in 2,131
- Utah#357 · 1 in 1,920
- Missouri#369 · 1 in 2,711
Best ever in a state: #84 in Utah, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #276 | 13 | 1 in 1,583 |
| Arkansas | #323 | 6 | 1 in 2,082 |
| Maryland | #323 | 13 | 1 in 2,131 |
| Utah | #357 | 7 | 1 in 1,920 |
| Missouri | #369 | 12 | 1 in 2,711 |
| Washington | #414 | 11 | 1 in 2,680 |
| Oregon | #420 | 6 | 1 in 2,678 |
| Oklahoma | #445 | 6 | 1 in 2,874 |
| New Jersey | #455 | 14 | 1 in 3,428 |
| Connecticut | #475 | 5 | 1 in 3,824 |
| Florida | #481 | 22 | 1 in 3,501 |
| Kentucky | #485 | 5 | 1 in 4,257 |
| Alabama | #507 | 6 | 1 in 3,778 |
| Wisconsin | #545 | 6 | 1 in 4,883 |
| Michigan | #558 | 13 | 1 in 4,650 |
| Texas | #584 | 32 | 1 in 4,168 |
| Minnesota | #596 | 5 | 1 in 5,657 |
| Indiana | #628 | 6 | 1 in 5,723 |
| Pennsylvania | #631 | 12 | 1 in 5,986 |
| California | #674 | 46 | 1 in 5,304 |
| Ohio | #678 | 10 | 1 in 6,985 |
| Georgia | #712 | 7 | 1 in 5,978 |
| Massachusetts | #734 | 5 | 1 in 7,699 |
| North Carolina | #743 | 6 | 1 in 6,781 |
| Virginia | #766 | 5 | 1 in 7,421 |
| New York | #774 | 18 | 1 in 6,599 |
| Illinois | #831 | 10 | 1 in 7,730 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jenifer
- 1,518 spots since 2024 (#5,615 → #7,133)
- 79 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #7,133)
- 2,645 spots since 2015 (#4,488 → #7,133)
- Biggest jump: 150 spots in 1958 (#793 → #643)
- Biggest drop: 154 spots in 2006 (#847 → #1,001)
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 1973 at #271 (913 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1953–2005
- Highest: 1 in 1,590 girls born in 1974 were named Jenifer (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #271 in 1973, was only 1 in 1,597 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.0% of all girls named Jenifer (8,169) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 39 | #2,206 (1939) | #3,411 |
| 1940s | 399 | #1,064 (1949) | #1,514 |
| 1950s | 1,344 | #643 (1958) | #867 |
| 1960s | 3,491 | #395 (1969) | #532 |
| 1970s | 8,169 | #271 (1973) | #302 |
| 1980s | 5,653 | #333 (1980) | #421 |
| 1990s | 3,061 | #623 (1990) | #710 |
| 2000s | 2,828 | #706 (2002) | #934 |
| 2010s | 467 | #1,720 (2010) | #4,250 |
| 2020s | 100 | #5,615 (2024) | #6,913 |
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.
Jenifer in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 5,164 of them was named Jenifer, which outranked 95.9% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 333,488 of them was named Jenifer, which outranked 24.8% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,229Zekiel7
- #6,229Zubin7
- #6,229Zvi7
- #6,941Jenifer6
- #6,941Aaran6
- #6,941Abayomi6
- #6,941Abrham6
- #7,905Aakeem5
- #7,905Aaric5
- #7,905Aaronmichael5
Tied with 963 names at #6,941; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.