Jeniffer — girls' name
3,656 babies named Jeniffer in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
3,656 girls have been named Jeniffer since 1947, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2020.
- 3,656
- total births
- 1947–2020
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 27%
- born in that decade
27% of everyone ever named Jeniffer was born in this single decade.
118 babies were named Jeniffer in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeniffer
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,656 babies named Jeniffer between 1947 and 2020, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeniffer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 118 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeniffer performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 972 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Jeniffer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 739 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeniffer in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeniffer 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 3,656 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.
Jeniffer at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeniffer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1947
- Peak year (1999)
- 118
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
3,656 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 118 births in a single year.
Jeniffer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 972 births that decade — 27% of Jeniffer's all-time total
Jeniffer decade highlights
- Peak decade 972 births
- Runner-up 858 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jeniffer's strongest decade
972 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Jeniffer by state
Where Jeniffer concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 739 | 20.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 443 | 12.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 353 | 9.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 239 | 6.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 71 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 70 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 37 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 32 | 0.9% |
739 of 3,656 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 20.2% of nationwide
- Texas 12.1% of nationwide
- New York 9.7% of nationwide
- Florida 6.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Jeniffer appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1947–2020 (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.