Jennis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jennis

The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Jennis between 1921 and 1948, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jennis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Jennis is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 20 additional births since 1953.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jennis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jennis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jennis 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 29 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.