Girls' name · since 1909
Jency
Jency has 246 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,745 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,395 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1909
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jency is the #8395 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 246 recorded since 1909.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jency has been recorded 246 times among girls since 1909, currently ranked #8395 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2025.
- #17,745 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,395 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 246 born since 1909
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jency ranks #17,745 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,395 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 246 born since 1909, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,745 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,395 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1909
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jency's 246 recorded births place it above 75.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Jency compares
246 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jency's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jency | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 246 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jency's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jency's full recorded timeline at 1993, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1909, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jency popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 117 years of records
Jency popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1991 (Jency as boys' name)
Jency by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (58 births, 24% of the file).
1980s was Jency's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Jency births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 58 births (24% of all-time use).
Jency by state
Where Jency concentrates geographically, total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 246 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jency's data
- Jency's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (58 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Jencys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jency: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~116 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1909–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jency draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.