Jennilynn — girls' name
17 babies named Jennilynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
17 girls have been named Jennilynn since 1984, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2016.
- 17
- total births
- 1984–2016
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
65% of everyone ever named Jennilynn was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jennilynn in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jennilynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Jennilynn between 1984 and 2016, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jennilynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jennilynn performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jennilynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jennilynn 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 17 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.
Jennilynn at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jennilynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1984
- Peak year (1986)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
17 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 6 births in a single year.
Jennilynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 65% of Jennilynn's all-time total
Jennilynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jennilynn's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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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, 1984–2016 (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.