Jenni

Peak · girls
1972 · 204 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,548
since 1945

Jenni over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jenni has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #708, 1972girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,88513
2024#6,16719
2023#8,05513
2022#4,79328
2021#5,95520
2020#6,32518
2019#10,4739
2018#6,52118
2017#5,82121
2016#5,13026
2015#3,42946
2014#2,84360
2013#1,713121
2012#3,85440
2011#4,46632
2010#4,39733
2009#3,46047
2008#3,52946
2007#3,48247
2006#3,56444
2005#3,64640
2004#3,56641
2003#3,34743
2002#3,24143
2001#3,78534
2000#4,40027
1999#3,04843
1998#2,97343
1997#2,82043
1996#2,20761
1995#2,68745
1994#2,70145
1993#2,06866
1992#1,77482
1991#1,81878
1990#1,64490
1989#1,383109
1988#1,292112
1987#1,162126
1986#1,097135
1985#963160
1984#845182
1983#832184
1982#817192
1981#920163
1980#893170
1979#897166
1978#913155
1977#905156
1976#971131
1975#990124
1974#920137
1973#820160
1972#708204
1971#802175
1970#1,22491
1969#1,27677
1968#1,31171
1967#1,55952
1966#1,60049
1965#1,42160
1964#1,25477
1963#1,37265
1962#1,15889
1961#1,37566
1960#1,45457
1959#1,33764
1958#1,76238
1957#1,47452
1956#2,10327
1955#2,28023
1954#2,77916
1953#2,69916
1952#2,92114
1951#3,10612
1950#2,65215
1949#2,99912
1948#3,5939
1947#3,24011
1946#2,73913
1945#4,0256
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First appearance
1945

The first year at least five girls were named Jenni! It came in at #4,025, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1945, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Jenni is popular in 2025

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

See more about Jenni
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,560 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 422 spots in 1971
  • Biggest drop: 134 spots in 1986
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1972 at #708 (204 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1971–1985
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,457
  • Highest: 1 in 7,457 girls born in 1972 were named Jenni (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 27.6% of all girls named Jenni (1,533) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s51#2,739 (1946)#3,319
1950s277#1,337 (1959)#2,311
1960s663#1,158 (1962)#1,378
1970s1,499#708 (1972)#915
1980s1,533#817 (1982)#1,020
1990s596#1,644 (1990)#2,374
2000s412#3,241 (2002)#3,602
2010s406#1,713 (2013)#4,865
2020s111#4,793 (2022)#6,530

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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