Jenni

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births

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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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 1972

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedNHWashington: #365 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,399 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #429 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,011 girlsMNIllinois: #662 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,216 girlsILWisconsin: #324 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,500 girlsWIMichigan: #656 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,877 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedRIOregon: #398 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,526 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedSDIowa: #395 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,486 girlsIAIndiana: #498 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,630 girlsINOhio: #527 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,318 girlsOHPennsylvania: #667 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,012 girlsPANew Jersey: #577 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,092 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #716 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 6,231 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedUTColorado: #409 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,623 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedNEMissouri: #609 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,256 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedDEArizona: #435 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,412 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jenni, so not publishedHITexas: #925 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 9,637 girlsTXFlorida: #669 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,560 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#324 · 1 in 2,500
  2. Washington#365 · 1 in 2,399
  3. Iowa#395 · 1 in 3,486
  4. Oregon#398 · 1 in 2,526
  5. Colorado#409 · 1 in 2,623

Best ever in a state: #202 in South Dakota, 1980.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#324111 in 2,500
Washington#36581 in 2,399
Iowa#39551 in 3,486
Oregon#39851 in 2,526
Colorado#40961 in 2,623
Minnesota#42961 in 4,011
Arizona#43561 in 2,412
Indiana#49881 in 4,630
Ohio#527141 in 5,318
New Jersey#57781 in 5,092
Missouri#60951 in 6,256
Michigan#65691 in 6,877
Illinois#662121 in 6,216
Pennsylvania#66791 in 8,012
Florida#66981 in 5,560
California#716221 in 6,231
Texas#925101 in 9,637
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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 Jenni
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,718 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #7,885)
  • 1,560 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #7,885)
  • 4,456 spots since 2015 (#3,429 → #7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 422 spots in 1971 (#1,224 → #802)
  • Biggest drop: 134 spots in 1986 (#963 → #1,097)
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.

Jenni in 1972

girls
#708
204 births · 1 in 7,457 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #708Jenni204
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 7,457 of them was named Jenni, which outranked 92.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jenni
  1. #705Danita205
  2. #705Ella205
  3. #705Eve205
  4. #708Jenni204
  5. #708Della204
  6. #710Janis203
  7. #710Shane203
  8. #712Cora201

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

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →