Girls' name · since 1984
Jennilynn
Jennilynn has 17 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 17
- total births
- 1984–2016
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
Jennilynn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1984.
Social Security Administration records show Jennilynn recorded 17 times among girls since 1984, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2016.
- 17 total births
- 1984–2016 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 65% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jennilynn's 17 recorded births place it above 33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jennilynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jennilynn splits its recorded history at 1986: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jennilynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2016
- Peak year (1986)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Jennilynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jennilynn's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Jennilynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Jennilynn's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2010s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1984–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jennilynn: Baby Name Since 1984 - 17 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jennilynn. 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 Jennilynn 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.