Jannifer — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jannifer

The Social Security Administration has registered 855 babies named Jannifer between 1944 and 2001, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jannifer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jannifer performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 219 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jannifer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jannifer in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jannifer in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 855 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.