Jeniffer
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #10,250
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 100 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,656since 1947
Jeniffer over time
Rank among girls' names. Jeniffer has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 |
| 2006 | #2,815 | 62 |
| 2005 | #2,524 | 68 |
| 2004 | #2,370 | 72 |
| 2003 | #2,203 | 78 |
| 2002 | #1,732 | 105 |
| 2001 | #2,151 | 76 |
| 2000 | #1,558 | 114 |
| 1999 | #1,461 | 118 |
| 1998 | #1,762 | 89 |
| 1997 | #1,574 | 102 |
| 1996 | #1,539 | 103 |
| 1995 | #1,702 | 86 |
| 1994 | #1,545 | 100 |
| 1993 | #1,708 | 87 |
| 1992 | #1,730 | 86 |
| 1991 | #1,453 | 109 |
| 1990 | #1,617 | 92 |
| 1989 | #1,717 | 79 |
| 1988 | #1,541 | 86 |
| 1987 | #1,498 | 86 |
| 1986 | #1,304 | 102 |
| 1985 | #1,439 | 87 |
| 1984 | #1,284 | 97 |
| 1983 | #1,252 | 100 |
| 1982 | #1,584 | 74 |
| 1981 | #1,632 | 71 |
| 1980 | #1,542 | 76 |
| 1979 | #1,377 | 89 |
| 1978 | #1,523 | 73 |
| 1977 | #1,303 | 89 |
| 1976 | #1,297 | 84 |
| 1975 | #1,301 | 85 |
| 1974 | #1,300 | 82 |
| 1973 | #1,312 | 77 |
| 1972 | #1,263 | 81 |
| 1971 | #1,534 | 64 |
| 1970 | #1,570 | 61 |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jeniffer! It came in at #5,295, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jeniffer is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#660 · 1 in 5,360
- Florida#826 · 1 in 7,202
- Illinois#1,251 · 1 in 14,465
- California#1,513 · 1 in 18,696
- Texas#1,580 · 1 in 20,093
Best ever in a state: #335 in Kansas, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #660 | 19 | 1 in 5,360 |
| Florida | #826 | 6 | 1 in 7,202 |
| Illinois | #1,251 | 5 | 1 in 14,465 |
| California | #1,513 | 8 | 1 in 18,696 |
| Texas | #1,580 | 5 | 1 in 20,093 |
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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 Jeniffer
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1983 at #1,252 (100 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 15,032 girls born in 1999 were named Jeniffer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 179,617 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,252 in 1983, was only 1 in 16,706 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.6% of all girls named Jeniffer (972) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,295 (1947) | #5,295 |
| 1950s | 16 | #3,827 (1959) | #4,790 |
| 1960s | 207 | #2,134 (1969) | #3,140 |
| 1970s | 785 | #1,263 (1972) | #1,378 |
| 1980s | 858 | #1,252 (1983) | #1,479 |
| 1990s | 972 | #1,453 (1991) | #1,609 |
| 2000s | 705 | #1,558 (2000) | #2,654 |
| 2010s | 99 | #6,382 (2010) | #10,642 |
| 2020s | 9 | #10,250 (2020) | #10,250 |
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.
Jeniffer in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 17,226 of them was named Jeniffer, which outranked 88.5% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,295Mireya90
- #1,295Patience90
- #1,295Reanna90
- #1,303Jeniffer89
- #1,303Jenniffer89
- #1,303Juli89
- #1,303Lakia89
- #1,315Charles88
- #1,315Dani88
- #1,315Jamee88
Tied with 11 names at #1,303; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.