Jeneffer — girls' name
42 babies named Jeneffer in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
42 girls have been named Jeneffer since 1972, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1994.
- 42
- total births
- 1972–1994
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
64% of everyone ever named Jeneffer was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Jeneffer in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeneffer
The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Jeneffer between 1972 and 1994, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeneffer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeneffer performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jeneffer shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jeneffer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeneffer 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 42 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.
Jeneffer at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeneffer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1972
- Peak year (1990)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
42 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 13 births in a single year.
Jeneffer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 27 births that decade — 64% of Jeneffer's all-time total
Jeneffer decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jeneffer's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- California 14.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1972–1994 (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.