Girls' name · since 1942
Jenneth
Since 1942, U.S. Social Security records show 41 babies named Jenneth, peaking in 1960. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 41
- total births
- 1942–1962
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
41 girls have been named Jenneth since 1942, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jenneth has 41 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1962.
- 41 total births
- 1942–1962 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenneth's 41 recorded births place it above 48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenneth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jenneth splits its recorded history at 1947: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1942 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jenneth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1962
- Peak year (1960)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Jenneth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Jenneth's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Jenneth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
26 births
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 26 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Jenneth's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 1960s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1942–1962 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenneth: Baby Name Since 1942 - 41 Births, Peak 1960." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenneth. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jenneth 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 July 2026.