Jennie
Jennie was given to 79 girls in 2025, #2,309 among girls’ names; 127,660 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 36,100 Americans named Jennie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 44 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jennie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jennie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jennie is “a female given name, variant of Jenny.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jennie?
#2,309 among girls’ names, 2025
Jennie rose from #2,461 in 2015 to #2,309 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 41.5 to 49.2 per million.
3,119 babies in 1917, the peak
Jennie peaked in 1917, when 3,119 babies were given it (3,109 girls, #81 among girls’ names). The 79 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #2,309 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,759 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 78 | #2,344 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,591 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,866 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,800 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,614 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,459 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,217 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,302 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 74 | #2,461 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,793 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,785 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,817 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,778 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 73 | #2,525 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 88 | #2,234 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 91 | #2,194 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 89 | #2,221 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 111 | #1,837 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 120 | #1,658 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,549 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 133 | #1,468 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 143 | #1,357 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 166 | #1,219 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 181 | #1,129 | 0.10 |
| 1999 | 196 | #1,037 | 0.11 |
| 1998 | 177 | #1,092 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 217 | #919 | 0.12 |
| 1996 | 242 | #829 | 0.14 |
| 1995 | 264 | #766 | 0.15 |
| 1994 | 299 | #699 | 0.17 |
| 1993 | 323 | #676 | 0.18 |
| 1992 | 352 | #641 | 0.19 |
| 1991 | 372 | #606 | 0.20 |
| 1990 | 394 | #585 | 0.21 |
| 1989 | 449 | #518 | 0.24 |
| 1988 | 470 | #483 | 0.26 |
| 1987 | 466 | #467 | 0.27 |
| 1986 | 578 | #396 | 0.34 |
| 1985 | 585 | #389 | 0.34 |
| 1984 | 665 | #344 | 0.39 |
| 1983 | 714 | #325 | 0.43 |
| 1982 | 835 | #293 | 0.49 |
| 1981 | 828 | #294 | 0.50 |
| 1980 | 875 | #282 | 0.53 |
| 1979 | 815 | #294 | 0.51 |
| 1978 | 843 | #274 | 0.55 |
| 1977 | 842 | #286 | 0.55 |
| 1976 | 802 | #286 | 0.55 |
| 1975 | 707 | #322 | 0.48 |
| 1974 | 691 | #322 | 0.47 |
| 1973 | 775 | #301 | 0.53 |
| 1972 | 864 | #290 | 0.57 |
| 1971 | 815 | #324 | 0.49 |
| 1970 | 600 | #391 | 0.34 |
| 1969 | 482 | #438 | 0.29 |
| 1968 | 507 | #415 | 0.31 |
| 1967 | 441 | #454 | 0.27 |
| 1966 | 534 | #395 | 0.32 |
| 1965 | 563 | #391 | 0.32 |
| 1964 | 602 | #398 | 0.32 |
| 1963 | 672 | #373 | 0.35 |
| 1962 | 688 | #360 | 0.35 |
| 1961 | 683 | #365 | 0.34 |
| 1960 | 807 | #332 | 0.40 |
| 1959 | 748 | #351 | 0.37 |
| 1958 | 826 | #323 | 0.41 |
| 1957 | 784 | #327 | 0.38 |
| 1956 | 697 | #331 | 0.35 |
| 1955 | 711 | #322 | 0.36 |
| 1954 | 784 | #301 | 0.40 |
| 1953 | 763 | #295 | 0.41 |
| 1952 | 796 | #289 | 0.43 |
| 1951 | 743 | #289 | 0.41 |
| 1950 | 735 | #288 | 0.43 |
| 1949 | 763 | #279 | 0.45 |
| 1948 | 714 | #287 | 0.42 |
| 1947 | 731 | #288 | 0.41 |
| 1946 | 716 | #271 | 0.46 |
| 1945 | 636 | #272 | 0.49 |
| 1944 | 650 | #270 | 0.49 |
| 1943 | 703 | #264 | 0.50 |
| 1942 | 728 | #254 | 0.54 |
| 1941 | 711 | #244 | 0.59 |
| 1940 | 662 | #247 | 0.58 |
| 1939 | 682 | #237 | 0.62 |
| 1938 | 681 | #241 | 0.62 |
| 1937 | 707 | #229 | 0.66 |
| 1936 | 798 | #206 | 0.77 |
| 1935 | 846 | #201 | 0.81 |
| 1934 | 944 | #186 | 0.90 |
| 1933 | 1,000 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1932 | 1,190 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1931 | 1,288 | #150 | 1.2 |
| 1930 | 1,352 | #152 | 1.2 |
| 1929 | 1,418 | #152 | 1.3 |
| 1928 | 1,642 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 1927 | 1,851 | #135 | 1.6 |
| 1926 | 2,013 | #132 | 1.7 |
| 1925 | 2,263 | #121 | 1.9 |
| 1924 | 2,495 | #111 | 2.0 |
| 1923 | 2,542 | #107 | 2.1 |
| 1922 | 2,670 | #105 | 2.2 |
| 1921 | 2,889 | #99 | 2.3 |
| 1920 | 2,808 | #97 | 2.3 |
| 1919 | 2,928 | #93 | 2.6 |
| 1918 | 3,033 | #91 | 2.6 |
| 1917 | 3,109 | #81 | 2.9 |
| 1916 | 3,010 | #79 | 2.9 |
| 1915 | 3,015 | #73 | 3.1 |
| 1914 | 2,225 | #77 | 2.9 |
| 1913 | 1,809 | #80 | 2.9 |
| 1912 | 1,595 | #81 | 2.9 |
| 1911 | 1,161 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1910 | 1,183 | #81 | 3.0 |
| 1909 | 998 | #83 | 2.9 |
| 1908 | 1,038 | #78 | 3.1 |
| 1907 | 998 | #78 | 3.1 |
| 1906 | 986 | #74 | 3.3 |
| 1905 | 981 | #76 | 3.4 |
| 1904 | 964 | #74 | 3.5 |
| 1903 | 936 | #71 | 3.6 |
| 1902 | 985 | #69 | 3.7 |
| 1901 | 898 | #69 | 3.8 |
| 1900 | 1,204 | #64 | 4.0 |
| 1899 | 1,061 | #57 | 4.6 |
| 1898 | 1,194 | #57 | 4.6 |
| 1897 | 1,074 | #56 | 4.6 |
| 1896 | 1,178 | #53 | 5.0 |
| 1895 | 1,177 | #53 | 5.0 |
| 1894 | 1,210 | #51 | 5.4 |
| 1893 | 1,273 | #45 | 6.0 |
| 1892 | 1,212 | #48 | 5.7 |
| 1891 | 1,238 | #40 | 6.7 |
| 1890 | 1,259 | #41 | 6.6 |
| 1889 | 1,252 | #39 | 7.0 |
| 1888 | 1,298 | #37 | 7.3 |
| 1887 | 1,047 | #38 | 7.2 |
| 1886 | 1,100 | #34 | 7.6 |
| 1885 | 1,045 | #33 | 7.9 |
| 1884 | 1,063 | #29 | 8.2 |
| 1883 | 904 | #27 | 8.0 |
| 1882 | 934 | #27 | 8.7 |
| 1881 | 784 | #26 | 8.5 |
| 1880 | 793 | #24 | 8.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jennie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jennie has been given almost only to girls: 479 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Jennie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jennie, and how old are they?
36,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 28% of the 127,660 Americans ever recorded as Jennie. The median Jennie alive today is 55 years old; half are between 44 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 39,580 people named Jennie (39,524 women and girls, 56 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 41,236 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,100 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 10,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 10,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,620 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,010 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 862 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jennie born?
The states with the most babies named Jennie are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 12,165 | #1,365 | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 8,609 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 7,475 | #1,129 | 1.4× |
| New Jersey | 4,328 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Massachusetts | 4,092 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 3,706 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 3,598 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 3,451 | #3,090 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 3,315 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 2,775 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Jennie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jennie is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jennie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 634,033 babies since 1880, Jennie is the third most given (20% of them). In 2025 it was given to 79 of their 724 babies (11%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jennie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jennie and names like it
- Compare Jennie and JeanneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sJennie peaked in 1917.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jennie since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Jennie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jennie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.