Girls' name · since 1973
Jennnifer
38 babies named Jennnifer in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jennnifer sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 38 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennnifer has been recorded 38 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1986.
- #38,181 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 38 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennnifer ranks #38,181 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #38,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jennnifer's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jennnifer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jennnifer splits its recorded history at 1982: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jennnifer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1986
- Peak year (1982)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Jennnifer by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (21 births, 55% of the file).
1980s was Jennnifer's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Jennnifer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 21 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jennnifer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1973–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jennnifer 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 August 2026.