Jenness — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jenness

The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Jenness between 1944 and 1984, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenness currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenness performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jenness shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jenness 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 80 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.