Jennife — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jennife

The Social Security Administration has registered 265 babies named Jennife between 1965 and 1988, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jennife currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jennife performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jennife shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jennife in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jennife 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 265 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.