Jennalyn — #13908 US girls' name
493 babies named Jennalyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Jennalyn was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Jennalyn in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jennalyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 493 babies named Jennalyn between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jennalyn currently holds the #13908 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jennalyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jennalyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jennalyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jennalyn 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 493 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.
Jennalyn at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Jennalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2005)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #13908 among girls.
493 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 25 births in a single year.
Jennalyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 177 births that decade — 36% of Jennalyn's all-time total
Jennalyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 177 births
- Runner-up 141 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jennalyn's strongest decade
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Jennalyn by state
Where Jennalyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 11.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 6 | 1.2% |
54 of 493 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.0% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.0% 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, 1982–2024 (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.