Jenniffer
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #13,483
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 125 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,878since 1947
Jenniffer over time
Rank among girls' names. Jenniffer has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 |
| 1999 | #3,374 | 37 |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 |
| 1996 | #2,760 | 44 |
| 1995 | #2,735 | 44 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 |
| 1993 | #2,600 | 47 |
| 1992 | #3,036 | 38 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 |
| 1990 | #2,345 | 53 |
| 1989 | #2,072 | 60 |
| 1988 | #1,551 | 85 |
| 1987 | #1,699 | 71 |
| 1986 | #1,770 | 65 |
| 1985 | #1,310 | 102 |
| 1984 | #1,397 | 83 |
| 1983 | #1,283 | 95 |
| 1982 | #1,417 | 86 |
| 1981 | #1,304 | 97 |
| 1980 | #1,396 | 89 |
| 1979 | #1,238 | 104 |
| 1978 | #1,366 | 86 |
| 1977 | #1,303 | 89 |
| 1976 | #1,145 | 102 |
| 1975 | #1,012 | 119 |
| 1974 | #1,082 | 108 |
| 1973 | #973 | 122 |
| 1972 | #967 | 125 |
| 1971 | #1,103 | 108 |
| 1970 | #1,354 | 77 |
| 1969 | #1,561 | 58 |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 |
| 1967 | #2,376 | 26 |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 |
| 1965 | #2,154 | 30 |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
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| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
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| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jenniffer! It came in at #4,345, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1949, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jenniffer is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#692 · 1 in 6,117
- Florida#742 · 1 in 6,173
- Texas#959 · 1 in 9,133
- New York#1,030 · 1 in 10,184
- Illinois#1,251 · 1 in 14,465
Best ever in a state: #366 in Utah, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #692 | 6 | 1 in 6,117 |
| Florida | #742 | 7 | 1 in 6,173 |
| Texas | #959 | 11 | 1 in 9,133 |
| New York | #1,030 | 10 | 1 in 10,184 |
| Illinois | #1,251 | 5 | 1 in 14,465 |
| California | #1,651 | 7 | 1 in 21,367 |
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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 Jenniffer
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 136 spots in 1972 (#1,103 → #967)
- Biggest drop: 109 spots in 1974 (#973 → #1,082)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1972 at #967 (125 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1972–1973
- Highest: 1 in 11,953 girls born in 1973 were named Jenniffer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 251,579 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #967 in 1972, was only 1 in 12,170 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.1% of all girls named Jenniffer (1,040) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 7 | #4,345 (1947) | #4,345 |
| 1950s | 100 | #2,699 (1953) | #3,598 |
| 1960s | 293 | #1,561 (1969) | #2,406 |
| 1970s | 1,040 | #967 (1972) | #1,154 |
| 1980s | 833 | #1,283 (1983) | #1,520 |
| 1990s | 408 | #2,345 (1990) | #2,978 |
| 2000s | 173 | #3,886 (2000) | #7,520 |
| 2010s | 24 | #11,181 (2011) | #12,313 |
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.
Jenniffer 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 Jenniffer, 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
- #1,303Jenniffer89
- #1,303Jeniffer89
- #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.