Jenny
#1,500 for girls in 2025, 142 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #5,501
Given to girls 99.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 2,688 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 92,101since 1880
Jenny over time
Rank among girls' names. Jenny has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #1,500 | 142 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,390 | 162 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,304 | 174 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,381 | 166 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,450 | 148 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,422 | 153 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,196 | 196 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,111 | 220 | — | |
| 2017 | #996 | 260 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,094 | 235 | — | |
| 2015 | #964 | 281 | — | |
| 2014 | #826 | 335 | — | |
| 2013 | #803 | 337 | — | |
| 2012 | #864 | 308 | — | |
| 2011 | #760 | 362 | — | |
| 2010 | #786 | 350 | — | |
| 2009 | #709 | 406 | — | |
| 2008 | #600 | 512 | — | |
| 2007 | #514 | 616 | — | |
| 2006 | #475 | 667 | — | |
| 2005 | #496 | 613 | — | |
| 2004 | #446 | 685 | — | |
| 2003 | #424 | 709 | — | |
| 2002 | #354 | 840 | — | |
| 2001 | #366 | 810 | — | |
| 2000 | #361 | 828 | — | |
| 1999 | #378 | 758 | — | |
| 1998 | #369 | 778 | — | |
| 1997 | #327 | 874 | — | |
| 1996 | #285 | 1,012 | — | |
| 1995 | #284 | 979 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #282 | 982 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #270 | 1,019 | — | |
| 1992 | #244 | 1,140 | — | |
| 1991 | #225 | 1,263 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #214 | 1,337 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #206 | 1,289 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #195 | 1,401 | #2,961 | 18 |
| 1987 | #165 | 1,701 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #167 | 1,632 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #157 | 1,812 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #136 | 2,135 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #132 | 2,247 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #121 | 2,455 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #123 | 2,402 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #117 | 2,645 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #120 | 2,627 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #111 | 2,617 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #108 | 2,688 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #109 | 2,425 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #135 | 2,064 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #131 | 2,131 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #139 | 2,066 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #119 | 2,636 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #142 | 2,239 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #224 | 1,409 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #274 | 1,040 | — | |
| 1968 | #303 | 856 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #312 | 767 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #294 | 858 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #274 | 987 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #264 | 1,146 | — | |
| 1963 | #242 | 1,302 | — | |
| 1962 | #230 | 1,396 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #250 | 1,249 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #235 | 1,351 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #242 | 1,275 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #249 | 1,203 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #256 | 1,117 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #318 | 759 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #311 | 759 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #294 | 827 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #298 | 756 | — | |
| 1952 | #290 | 777 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #306 | 660 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #322 | 569 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #337 | 536 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #365 | 466 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #345 | 533 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #384 | 396 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #411 | 301 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #419 | 297 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #430 | 293 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #442 | 273 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #436 | 247 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #442 | 238 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #510 | 173 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #472 | 197 | — | |
| 1937 | #496 | 176 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #489 | 174 | — | |
| 1935 | #467 | 186 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #517 | 156 | — | |
| 1933 | #435 | 219 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #462 | 199 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #433 | 222 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #438 | 235 | — | |
| 1929 | #465 | 203 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #506 | 185 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #468 | 222 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #477 | 211 | — | |
| 1925 | #492 | 201 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #478 | 212 | — | |
| 1923 | #505 | 189 | — | |
| 1922 | #534 | 174 | — | |
| 1921 | #535 | 178 | — | |
| 1920 | #504 | 188 | — | |
| 1919 | #573 | 146 | — | |
| 1918 | #596 | 142 | — | |
| 1917 | #596 | 131 | — | |
| 1916 | #575 | 136 | — | |
| 1915 | #640 | 106 | — | |
| 1914 | #629 | 84 | — | |
| 1913 | #571 | 80 | — | |
| 1912 | #567 | 72 | — | |
| 1911 | #676 | 41 | — | |
| 1910 | #663 | 41 | — | |
| 1909 | #624 | 39 | — | |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 | — | |
| 1907 | #535 | 45 | — | |
| 1906 | #602 | 35 | — | |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 | — | |
| 1903 | #607 | 29 | — | |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 | — | |
| 1901 | #615 | 26 | — | |
| 1900 | #543 | 39 | — | |
| 1899 | #593 | 27 | — | |
| 1898 | #650 | 25 | — | |
| 1897 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1896 | #565 | 29 | — | |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 | — | |
| 1894 | #586 | 25 | — | |
| 1893 | #571 | 24 | — | |
| 1892 | #526 | 27 | — | |
| 1891 | #644 | 17 | — | |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 | — | |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 | — | |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #524 | 18 | — | |
| 1886 | #556 | 16 | — | |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | — | |
| 1884 | #501 | 17 | — | |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 | — | |
| 1882 | #458 | 16 | — | |
| 1881 | #434 | 15 | — | |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jenny was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 17 girls a year got the name.
Where Jenny is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#201 · 1 in 838
- Colorado#247 · 1 in 1,514
- Washington#247 · 1 in 1,927
- Virginia#255 · 1 in 2,061
- North Carolina#278 · 1 in 2,215
Best ever in a state: #33 in Utah, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #201 | 7 | 1 in 838 |
| Colorado | #247 | 6 | 1 in 1,514 |
| Washington | #247 | 6 | 1 in 1,927 |
| Virginia | #255 | 12 | 1 in 2,061 |
| North Carolina | #278 | 17 | 1 in 2,215 |
| Kentucky | #292 | 13 | 1 in 2,204 |
| South Carolina | #312 | 9 | 1 in 2,433 |
| California | #324 | 19 | 1 in 2,628 |
| Missouri | #337 | 8 | 1 in 3,496 |
| West Virginia | #340 | 6 | 1 in 3,156 |
| Ohio | #350 | 12 | 1 in 4,392 |
| Indiana | #368 | 6 | 1 in 4,476 |
| Michigan | #388 | 8 | 1 in 5,466 |
| Alabama | #405 | 7 | 1 in 4,219 |
| Texas | #406 | 20 | 1 in 3,005 |
| Illinois | #407 | 11 | 1 in 5,115 |
| Tennessee | #412 | 6 | 1 in 4,695 |
| Arkansas | #421 | 5 | 1 in 3,823 |
| New York | #429 | 14 | 1 in 6,408 |
| Pennsylvania | #628 | 5 | 1 in 15,000 |
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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 Jenny
- 110 spots since 2024 (#1,390 → #1,500)
- 78 spots since 2020 (#1,422 → #1,500)
- 536 spots since 2015 (#964 → #1,500)
- Biggest jump: 270 spots in 1906 (#872 → #602)
- Biggest drop: 303 spots in 1904 (#607 → #910)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1977 at #108 (2,688 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 137 yrs · run 1880–2015
- Highest: 1 in 570 girls born in 1977 were named Jenny (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,319 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 24.9% of all girls named Jenny (22,902) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 167 | #434 (1881) | #512 |
| 1890s | 237 | #526 (1892) | #606 |
| 1900s | 306 | #535 (1907) | #665 |
| 1910s | 979 | #567 (1912) | #609 |
| 1920s | 1,963 | #465 (1929) | #496 |
| 1930s | 1,937 | #433 (1931) | #472 |
| 1940s | 3,580 | #337 (1949) | #401 |
| 1950s | 8,702 | #242 (1959) | #289 |
| 1960s | 10,952 | #230 (1962) | #268 |
| 1970s | 22,902 | #108 (1977) | #134 |
| 1980s | 19,719 | #117 (1980) | #152 |
| 1990s | 10,142 | #214 (1990) | #288 |
| 2000s | 6,686 | #354 (2002) | #475 |
| 2010s | 2,884 | #760 (2011) | #940 |
| 2020s | 945 | #1,304 (2023) | #1,408 |
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.
Jenny in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 4,805 of them was named Jenny, which outranked 91.2% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 128,797 of them was named Jenny, which outranked 37.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,322Watt10
- #2,322Woodson10
- #2,322Yvonne10
- #2,478Jenny9
- #2,478Abie9
- #2,478Admiral9
- #2,478Alen9
- #2,671Alger8
- #2,671Ali8
- #2,671Alven8
Tied with 192 names at #2,478; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.