Girls' name · since 1972
Jenniferlynn
Jenniferlynn has 111 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 111
- total births
- 1972–1996
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Jenniferlynn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 111 recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenniferlynn has been recorded 111 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1996.
- 111 total births
- 1972–1996 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenniferlynn's 111 recorded births place it above 64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenniferlynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jenniferlynn splits its recorded history at 1984: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jenniferlynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1996
- Peak year (1987)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Jenniferlynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jenniferlynn's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Jenniferlynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
- 1980s
1980s
66 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 66 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Jenniferlynn's decade-level peak was the 1980s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1972–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenniferlynn: Baby Name Since 1972 - 111 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenniferlynn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jenniferlynn 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 July 2026.