Jennett — girls' name
595 babies named Jennett in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
17% of everyone ever named Jennett was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Jennett in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jennett
The Social Security Administration has registered 595 babies named Jennett between 1892 and 1992, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jennett currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jennett performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jennett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jennett in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jennett 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 595 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.
Jennett at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jennett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1892
- Peak year (1920)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
595 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 17 births in a single year.
Jennett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 103 births that decade — 17% of Jennett's all-time total
Jennett decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Jennett's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Jennett by state
Where Jennett concentrates geographically — total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 595 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1892–1992 (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.