Girls' name · since 1952
Jennilee
483 babies named Jennilee in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 483
- total births
- 1952–2011
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
Jennilee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 483 recorded since 1952.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennilee has been recorded 483 times among girls since 1952, 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 1952 to 2011.
- 483 total births
- 1952–2011 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 72% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jennilee's 483 recorded births place it above 83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Jennilee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jennilee splits its recorded history at 1992: 21% of all births land in the more recent half, 79% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 78 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jennilee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2011
- Peak year (1982)
- 78
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Jennilee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jennilee's strongest decade.
349 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Jennilee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
349 births
- 1990s 87
1990s
87 births
- 2000s 35
2000s
35 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 349 births (72% of all-time use).
Jennilee by state
Where Jennilee concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 5.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 22 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 12 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 1.0% |
28 of 483 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Jennilee's decade-level peak was the 1980s (349 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jennilees (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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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, 1952–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jennilee: Baby Name Since 1952 - 483 Births, Peak 1982." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jennilee. 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 Jennilee 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.