Girls' name · since 1982
Jennalyn
505 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.
- #11,794 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,520 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 505
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
505 babies have been named Jennalyn since 1982, making it today's #8520 girls' name.
Jennalyn has 505 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8520 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #11,794 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,520 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 505 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennalyn ranks #11,794 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,520 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 505 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,794 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,520 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 505
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jennalyn's 505 recorded births place it above 83.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Jennalyn compares
505 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jennalyn's all-time total is 34% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jennalyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 505 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jennalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jennalyn's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jennalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Jennalyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (177 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Jennalyn's strongest decade.
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Jennalyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 64
1980s
64 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
177 births
- 2010s
2010s
141 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 177 births (35% of all-time use).
How Jennalyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jennalyn's total volume
Jennalyn by state
Where Jennalyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 10.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 6 | 1.2% |
54 of 505 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Jennalyn's data
- Jennalyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (177 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jennalyns (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jennalyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jennalyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.