Jennifer
#586 for girls in 2025, 501 births · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 63,600 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 53 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,471,703since 1919
Jennifer over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #586 | 501 | — | |
| 2024 | #544 | 556 | — | |
| 2023 | #520 | 586 | — | |
| 2022 | #501 | 630 | — | |
| 2021 | #493 | 638 | — | |
| 2020 | #431 | 713 | — | |
| 2019 | #390 | 788 | — | |
| 2018 | #344 | 921 | — | |
| 2017 | #309 | 1,052 | — | |
| 2016 | #272 | 1,162 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #251 | 1,286 | — | |
| 2014 | #222 | 1,521 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #192 | 1,692 | — | |
| 2012 | #164 | 1,928 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #134 | 2,281 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #121 | 2,622 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #110 | 2,987 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #84 | 3,797 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #64 | 4,653 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #51 | 5,268 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #42 | 5,837 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #39 | 6,545 | #3,860 | 23 |
| 2003 | #31 | 7,569 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #28 | 8,540 | #3,259 | 27 |
| 2001 | #26 | 8,923 | #3,321 | 26 |
| 2000 | #26 | 9,390 | #2,805 | 32 |
| 1999 | #21 | 10,616 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #20 | 10,692 | #3,017 | 26 |
| 1997 | #18 | 11,840 | #2,260 | 37 |
| 1996 | #19 | 11,732 | #2,299 | 35 |
| 1995 | #18 | 12,683 | #1,648 | 55 |
| 1994 | #17 | 14,001 | #1,894 | 44 |
| 1993 | #15 | 15,749 | #1,721 | 50 |
| 1992 | #11 | 17,819 | #1,525 | 58 |
| 1991 | #8 | 20,673 | #1,396 | 66 |
| 1990 | #8 | 22,236 | #1,166 | 87 |
| 1989 | #7 | 24,006 | #819 | 146 |
| 1988 | #5 | 27,893 | #897 | 114 |
| 1987 | #4 | 32,710 | #880 | 113 |
| 1986 | #4 | 36,187 | #705 | 163 |
| 1985 | #3 | 42,661 | #693 | 161 |
| 1984 | #1 | 50,564 | #592 | 204 |
| 1983 | #1 | 54,353 | #611 | 196 |
| 1982 | #1 | 57,120 | #638 | 183 |
| 1981 | #1 | 57,046 | #615 | 192 |
| 1980 | #1 | 58,374 | #597 | 211 |
| 1979 | #1 | 56,712 | #597 | 205 |
| 1978 | #1 | 56,314 | #591 | 203 |
| 1977 | #1 | 58,964 | #629 | 179 |
| 1976 | #1 | 59,473 | #573 | 200 |
| 1975 | #1 | 58,190 | #534 | 225 |
| 1974 | #1 | 63,107 | #585 | 185 |
| 1973 | #1 | 62,448 | #529 | 220 |
| 1972 | #1 | 63,600 | #578 | 190 |
| 1971 | #1 | 56,771 | #592 | 194 |
| 1970 | #1 | 46,150 | #753 | 119 |
| 1969 | #3 | 33,705 | #778 | 98 |
| 1968 | #4 | 26,853 | #884 | 66 |
| 1967 | #10 | 18,236 | #875 | 67 |
| 1966 | #10 | 18,215 | #1,007 | 52 |
| 1965 | #20 | 15,207 | #1,318 | 34 |
| 1964 | #31 | 12,955 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1963 | #36 | 11,757 | #1,585 | 25 |
| 1962 | #41 | 10,977 | #1,625 | 24 |
| 1961 | #47 | 9,265 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1960 | #61 | 7,243 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #77 | 6,233 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #81 | 5,882 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #87 | 5,483 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #97 | 4,711 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #104 | 4,123 | — | |
| 1954 | #108 | 3,966 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #115 | 3,375 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #107 | 3,527 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #119 | 2,973 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #118 | 2,802 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #121 | 2,618 | — | |
| 1948 | #151 | 1,882 | — | |
| 1947 | #145 | 2,010 | — | |
| 1946 | #156 | 1,733 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #199 | 985 | — | |
| 1944 | #263 | 684 | — | |
| 1943 | #397 | 337 | — | |
| 1942 | #527 | 198 | — | |
| 1941 | #604 | 136 | — | |
| 1940 | #686 | 102 | — | |
| 1939 | #891 | 62 | — | |
| 1938 | #992 | 51 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,160 | 38 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,081 | 42 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,182 | 36 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,098 | 41 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,311 | 30 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jennifer! It came in at #4,251, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1922, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Jennifer is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#97 · 1 in 497
- Texas#97 · 1 in 563
- Arizona#120 · 1 in 534
- New York#125 · 1 in 628
- Delaware#131 · 1 in 379
Best ever in a state: #1 in Utah, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #97 | 421 | 1 in 497 |
| Texas | #97 | 281 | 1 in 563 |
| Arizona | #120 | 58 | 1 in 534 |
| New York | #125 | 147 | 1 in 628 |
| Delaware | #131 | 7 | 1 in 379 |
| Oklahoma | #131 | 30 | 1 in 549 |
| Nevada | #132 | 20 | 1 in 516 |
| District of Columbia | #133 | 8 | 1 in 399 |
| Nebraska | #151 | 15 | 1 in 517 |
| Georgia | #153 | 67 | 1 in 706 |
| Colorado | #165 | 32 | 1 in 700 |
| Washington | #165 | 41 | 1 in 743 |
| Massachusetts | #167 | 37 | 1 in 687 |
| New Jersey | #168 | 48 | 1 in 761 |
| Illinois | #169 | 76 | 1 in 773 |
| Alaska | #177 | 5 | 1 in 460 |
| Kansas | #179 | 19 | 1 in 693 |
| Rhode Island | #182 | 5 | 1 in 596 |
| Florida | #185 | 89 | 1 in 895 |
| Virginia | #188 | 43 | 1 in 846 |
| North Carolina | #192 | 52 | 1 in 845 |
| Connecticut | #202 | 15 | 1 in 780 |
| Tennessee | #204 | 33 | 1 in 905 |
| Oregon | #207 | 18 | 1 in 825 |
| New Hampshire | #218 | 5 | 1 in 744 |
| Alabama | #222 | 20 | 1 in 923 |
| Arkansas | #222 | 14 | 1 in 814 |
| New Mexico | #227 | 9 | 1 in 787 |
| Maryland | #230 | 24 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Indiana | #235 | 30 | 1 in 1,001 |
| Wisconsin | #237 | 23 | 1 in 1,002 |
| Pennsylvania | #239 | 47 | 1 in 1,122 |
| South Carolina | #246 | 17 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Louisiana | #277 | 17 | 1 in 1,159 |
| Ohio | #293 | 36 | 1 in 1,433 |
| Kentucky | #304 | 14 | 1 in 1,296 |
| Idaho | #311 | 6 | 1 in 1,061 |
| Minnesota | #320 | 17 | 1 in 1,413 |
| Mississippi | #340 | 8 | 1 in 1,330 |
| Missouri | #341 | 18 | 1 in 1,496 |
| Utah | #366 | 12 | 1 in 1,492 |
| Michigan | #374 | 23 | 1 in 1,790 |
| Iowa | #378 | 8 | 1 in 1,566 |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Jennifer
- 42 spots since 2024 (#544 → #586)
- 155 spots since 2020 (#431 → #586)
- 335 spots since 2015 (#251 → #586)
- Biggest jump: 205 spots in 1940 (#891 → #686)
- Biggest drop: 62 spots in 2021 (#431 → #493)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1972 at #1 (63,600 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: 26 yrs · run 1966–1991
- Top 100: 53 yrs · run 1956–2008
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1938–2025
- Highest: 1 in 23 girls born in 1974 were named Jennifer (4.3%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,208 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #1 in 1972, was only 1 in 24 (4.2%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 39.5% of all girls named Jennifer (581,729) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,251 (1919) | #4,251 |
| 1920s | 86 | #2,011 (1929) | #3,658 |
| 1930s | 368 | #891 (1939) | #1,272 |
| 1940s | 10,685 | #121 (1949) | #325 |
| 1950s | 43,075 | #77 (1959) | #101 |
| 1960s | 164,413 | #3 (1969) | #26 |
| 1970s | 581,729 | #1 (1972) | #1 |
| 1980s | 440,914 | #1 (1980) | #3 |
| 1990s | 148,041 | #8 (1990) | #16 |
| 2000s | 63,509 | #26 (2000) | #50 |
| 2010s | 15,253 | #121 (2010) | #240 |
| 2020s | 3,624 | #431 (2020) | #513 |
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.
Jennifer in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 913 of them was named Jennifer, which outranked 99.2% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 379,389 of them was named Jennifer, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,976 names at #12,274; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.