Girls' name · since 1969
Jenniver
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 36 babies named Jenniver, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 36
- total births
- 1969–1987
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
36 girls have been named Jenniver since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jenniver has 36 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1987.
- 36 total births
- 1969–1987 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 72% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenniver's 36 recorded births place it above 46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenniver's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenniver's full recorded timeline at 1983, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenniver popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1987
- Peak year (1980)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Jenniver by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jenniver's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Jenniver births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 26 births (72% of all-time use).
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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, 1969–1987 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenniver: Baby Name Since 1969 - 36 Births, Peak 1980." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenniver. 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 Jenniver 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.