Girls' name · since 1920
Jennet
Jennet has 166 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jennet sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 166 recorded since 1920.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennet has been recorded 166 times among girls since 1920, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2010.
- #21,718 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 166 born since 1920
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennet ranks #21,718 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1920, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jennet's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jennet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jennet splits its recorded history at 1964: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jennet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2010
- Peak year (1975)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Jennet by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (34 births, 20% of the file).
1980s was Jennet's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Jennet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
25 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
23 births
- 1960s
1960s
18 births
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s
1980s
34 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 34 births (20% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jennet's data
- Jennet's decade-level peak was the 1980s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jennet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~90 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, 1920–2010 (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 Jennet 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.