Boys' name · since 1925
Jenning
10 babies named Jenning in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 10
- total births
- 1925–1932
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
10 boys have been named Jenning since 1925, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jenning has 10 recorded births among boys since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1932.
- 10 total births
- 1925–1932 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenning's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenning's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jenning splits its recorded history at 1932: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births).
Jenning popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1932
- Peak year (1925)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Jenning by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Jenning's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jenning births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jenning's data
- Jenning's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1930s (5) -- 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, 1925–1932 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenning: Baby Name Since 1925 - 10 Births, Peak 1925." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenning. 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 Jenning 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.