Jennings
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · #1,837 for boys in 2025, 86 births
Given to boys 94.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 50 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,878since 1892
Jennings over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | #1,837 | 86 |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | #1,957 | 80 |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | #1,970 | 78 |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | #1,917 | 81 |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 | #1,770 | 90 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | #1,996 | 71 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | #1,805 | 85 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #1,792 | 85 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #2,532 | 50 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #2,184 | 62 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #2,722 | 44 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #3,693 | 28 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #2,461 | 50 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #4,131 | 24 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #3,885 | 26 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #3,812 | 27 |
| 2009 | — | #4,922 | 19 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,395 | 22 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,813 | 13 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | — | #5,390 | 13 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,504 | 20 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,270 | 13 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,549 | 15 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,464 | 15 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,125 | 18 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,788 | 20 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,793 | 20 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,349 | 35 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,382 | 33 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,337 | 34 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,446 | 29 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,487 | 28 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,443 | 29 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,294 | 34 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,496 | 26 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,139 | 42 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,002 | 51 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,344 | 30 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,203 | 36 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1947 | — | #938 | 56 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1945 | — | #817 | 58 | |
| 1944 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1943 | — | #908 | 54 | |
| 1942 | — | #900 | 54 | |
| 1941 | — | #858 | 54 | |
| 1940 | — | #967 | 44 | |
| 1939 | — | #794 | 59 | |
| 1938 | — | #719 | 72 | |
| 1937 | — | #932 | 45 | |
| 1936 | — | #747 | 65 | |
| 1935 | — | #850 | 54 | |
| 1934 | — | #751 | 66 | |
| 1933 | — | #788 | 60 | |
| 1932 | — | #829 | 59 | |
| 1931 | — | #787 | 63 | |
| 1930 | — | #873 | 57 | |
| 1929 | — | #734 | 73 | |
| 1928 | — | #722 | 78 | |
| 1927 | — | #668 | 91 | |
| 1926 | — | #585 | 113 | |
| 1925 | — | #628 | 101 | |
| 1924 | — | #696 | 88 | |
| 1923 | — | #625 | 104 | |
| 1922 | — | #855 | 64 | |
| 1921 | — | #698 | 86 | |
| 1920 | — | #649 | 95 | |
| 1919 | — | #850 | 60 | |
| 1918 | — | #761 | 72 | |
| 1917 | — | #849 | 57 | |
| 1916 | — | #708 | 71 | |
| 1915 | — | #791 | 58 | |
| 1914 | — | #777 | 46 | |
| 1913 | — | #641 | 48 | |
| 1912 | — | #854 | 27 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #402 | 31 | |
| 1899 | — | #457 | 17 | |
| 1898 | — | #364 | 28 | |
| 1897 | — | #244 | 50 | |
| 1896 | — | #290 | 40 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1892
The first year at least five boys were named Jennings! It came in at #1,066, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1903, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jennings is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- West Virginia#176 · 1 in 1,170
- South Carolina#291 · 1 in 2,652
- Virginia#299 · 1 in 2,993
- Kentucky#311 · 1 in 2,768
- Tennessee#330 · 1 in 3,359
Best ever in a state: #117 in West Virginia, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #176 | 13 | 1 in 1,170 |
| South Carolina | #291 | 8 | 1 in 2,652 |
| Virginia | #299 | 8 | 1 in 2,993 |
| Kentucky | #311 | 9 | 1 in 2,768 |
| Tennessee | #330 | 7 | 1 in 3,359 |
| North Carolina | #360 | 9 | 1 in 3,648 |
| Pennsylvania | #541 | 5 | 1 in 16,973 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 120 spots since 2024 (#1,957 → #1,837)
- 159 spots since 2020 (#1,996 → #1,837)
- 885 spots since 2015 (#2,722 → #1,837)
- Biggest jump: 448 spots in 1896 (#738 → #290)
- Biggest drop: 376 spots in 1909 (#779 → #1,155)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1897 at #244 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1911–1945
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,255
- Highest: 1 in 2,255 boys born in 1897 were named Jennings (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,861 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 18.3% of all boys named Jennings (893) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 159 | #244 (1897) | #659 |
| 1900s | 107 | #402 (1900) | #825 |
| 1910s | 462 | #641 (1913) | #820 |
| 1920s | 893 | #585 (1926) | #686 |
| 1930s | 600 | #719 (1938) | #807 |
| 1940s | 497 | #817 (1945) | #951 |
| 1950s | 339 | #1,002 (1952) | #1,319 |
| 1960s | 223 | #1,349 (1961) | #1,759 |
| 1970s | 151 | #2,125 (1970) | #2,619 |
| 1980s | 164 | #2,493 (1983) | #2,952 |
| 1990s | 155 | #3,109 (1994) | #4,195 |
| 2000s | 161 | #4,114 (2003) | #5,217 |
| 2010s | 481 | #1,792 (2018) | #2,902 |
| 2020s | 486 | #1,770 (2021) | #1,908 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jennings in 1920
boys
#649
95 births · 1 in 11,204 boys
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 11,204 of them was named Jennings, which outranked 87.0% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).