Jeanifer — girls' name
100 babies named Jeanifer in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
100 girls have been named Jeanifer since 1966, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1987.
- 100
- total births
- 1966–1987
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Jeanifer was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Jeanifer in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeanifer
The Social Security Administration has registered 100 babies named Jeanifer between 1966 and 1987, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeanifer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeanifer performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jeanifer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeanifer 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 100 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.
Jeanifer at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeanifer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1966
- Peak year (1972)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
100 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 11 births in a single year.
Jeanifer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 60 births that decade — 60% of Jeanifer's all-time total
Jeanifer decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jeanifer's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–1987 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.