Jenneth — girls' name
41 babies named Jenneth in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
41 girls have been named Jenneth since 1942, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1962.
- 41
- total births
- 1942–1962
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Jenneth was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Jenneth in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jenneth
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Jenneth between 1942 and 1962, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenneth currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenneth performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jenneth shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jenneth 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 41 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.
Jenneth at a glance
Last recorded 1962Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jenneth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1942
- Peak year (1960)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1962.
41 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 10 births in a single year.
Jenneth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 26 births that decade — 63% of Jenneth's all-time total
Jenneth decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Jenneth's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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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, 1942–1962 (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.