Jenifer — #5620 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jenifer

The Social Security Administration has registered 25,536 babies named Jenifer between 1933 and 2024, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenifer currently holds the #5620 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 923 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenifer performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 8,169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jenifer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,603 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jenifer in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jenifer 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 25,536 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.