Jencie — girls' name
32 babies named Jencie in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1892. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Jencie was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jencie in 1892 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jencie
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Jencie between 1892 and 2008, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jencie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1892, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jencie performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jencie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jencie 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 32 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.
Jencie at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jencie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1892
- Peak year (1892)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 117 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
32 total births across 117 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1892 with 6 births in a single year.
Jencie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1890s
- 11 births that decade — 34% of Jencie's all-time total
Jencie decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1890s was Jencie's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1892–2008 (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.