Jenipher — girls' name
226 babies named Jenipher in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
226 girls have been named Jenipher since 1969, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2011.
- 226
- total births
- 1969–2011
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Jenipher was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Jenipher in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jenipher
The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Jenipher between 1969 and 2011, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenipher currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenipher performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jenipher shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jenipher in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jenipher 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 226 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.
Jenipher at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jenipher popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1969
- Peak year (1983)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
226 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 16 births in a single year.
Jenipher by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 77 births that decade — 34% of Jenipher's all-time total
Jenipher decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jenipher's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Jenipher by state
Where Jenipher concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 226 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% 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, 1969–2011 (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.