Jennier — girls' name
247 babies named Jennier in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Jennier was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Jennier in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jennier
The Social Security Administration has registered 247 babies named Jennier between 1968 and 1993, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jennier currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jennier performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jennier shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jennier in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jennier 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 247 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.
Jennier at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jennier popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1968
- Peak year (1985)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
247 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 18 births in a single year.
Jennier by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 122 births that decade — 49% of Jennier's all-time total
Jennier decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jennier's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Jennier by state
Where Jennier concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 247 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.0% 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, 1968–1993 (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.