Girls' name · since 2000
Jennessy
Jennessy has 161 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,062 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 161
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jennessy is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 161 have been recorded since 2000.
Jennessy has 161 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2024.
- #22,062 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 161 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennessy ranks #22,062 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 161 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,062 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 161
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jennessy's 161 recorded births place it above 69.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jennessy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jennessy splits its recorded history at 2012: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jennessy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Jennessy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (70 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Jennessy's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Jennessy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 70 births (43% of all-time use).
Jennessy by state
Where Jennessy concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 6.2% |
10 of 161 births nationwide.
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- Jennessy's decade-level peak was the 2010s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jennessys (10 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 Jennessy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2000–2024 (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 Jennessy 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.