Jenefer — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jenefer

The Social Security Administration has registered 320 babies named Jenefer between 1965 and 2003, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenefer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenefer performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jenefer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jenefer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jenefer 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 320 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.