Girls' name · since 1972
Jeneffer
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 42 babies named Jeneffer, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 42
- total births
- 1972–1994
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
Jeneffer is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 42 have been recorded since 1972.
Jeneffer has 42 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1994.
- 42 total births
- 1972–1994 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 64% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeneffer's 42 recorded births place it above 49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jeneffer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeneffer's full recorded timeline at 1990, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jeneffer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1994
- Peak year (1990)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Jeneffer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jeneffer's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Jeneffer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 27 births (64% of all-time use).
Jeneffer by state
Where Jeneffer concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 14.3% |
6 of 42 births nationwide.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1972–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeneffer: Baby Name Since 1972 - 42 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeneffer. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jeneffer 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 July 2026.