Girls' name · since 1880
Jennie
Jennie has 127,181 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,298 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 127,181
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jennie is the #2298 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 127,181 recorded since 1880.
Jennie has 127,181 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2298 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #314 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,298 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 127,181 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennie ranks #314 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,298 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 127,181 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,298 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 127,181
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Jennie's 127,181 recorded births place it above 99.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Jennie compares
127,181 Top 2% higher than 98% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jennie's all-time total is 338x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jennie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 127,181 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,109 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jennie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jennie splits its recorded history at 1953: 24% of all births land in the more recent half, 76% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2018 (45 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 3,109 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jennie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1917)
- 3,109
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Jennie popularity over time - boys
479 total births recorded since 1880 (Jennie as boys' name)
Jennie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (23,068 births, 18% of the file).
1910s was Jennie's strongest decade.
23,068 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Jennie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
10,220 births
- 1890s
1890s
11,876 births
- 1900s
1900s
9,988 births
- 1910s
1910s
23,068 births
- 1920s
1920s
22,591 births
- 1930s
1930s
9,488 births
- 1940s 7,014
1940s
7,014 births
- 1950s 7,587
1950s
7,587 births
- 1960s 5,979
1960s
5,979 births
- 1970s 7,754
1970s
7,754 births
- 1980s 6,465
1980s
6,465 births
- 1990s 2,836
1990s
2,836 births
- 2000s 1,250
2000s
1,250 births
- 2010s 607
2010s
607 births
- 2020s 458
2020s
458 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 23,068 births (18% of all-time use).
How Jennie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jennie's total volume
Jennie by state
Where Jennie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12,165 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 8,609 | 6.8% |
| #3 | California | | 7,475 | 5.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 4,328 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 4,092 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 3,706 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 3,598 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Texas | | 3,451 | 2.7% |
12,165 of 127,181 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Jennie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jennie's data
- Jennie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (23,068 total births); usage has since declined to 458 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jennies (12,165 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Jennie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Jennie 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.