Girls' name · since 1880
Jenny
Jenny has 92,101 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #398 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,501 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 92,101
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
92,101 babies have been named Jenny since 1880, making it today's #1501 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenny has been recorded 92,101 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #1501 nationally and more common than 91% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #398 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,501 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 92,101 born since 1880
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenny ranks #398 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,501 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 92,101 born since 1880, peaking in the 1970s.
- #398 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,501 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 92,101
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jenny's 92,101 recorded births place it above 99.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jenny compares
92,101 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jenny's all-time total is 245x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jenny | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 92,101 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,688 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jenny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jenny splits its recorded history at 1953: 88% of all births land in the more recent half, 12% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1883 (11 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 2,688 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jenny popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 2,688
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Jenny popularity over time - boys
605 total births recorded since 1925 (Jenny as boys' name)
Jenny by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (22,902 births, 25% of the file).
1970s was Jenny's strongest decade.
22,902 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Jenny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 167
1880s
167 births
- 1890s 237
1890s
237 births
- 1900s 306
1900s
306 births
- 1910s 979
1910s
979 births
- 1920s 1,963
1920s
1,963 births
- 1930s 1,937
1930s
1,937 births
- 1940s 3,580
1940s
3,580 births
- 1950s 8,702
1950s
8,702 births
- 1960s
1960s
10,952 births
- 1970s
1970s
22,902 births
- 1980s
1980s
19,719 births
- 1990s
1990s
10,142 births
- 2000s 6,686
2000s
6,686 births
- 2010s 2,884
2010s
2,884 births
- 2020s 945
2020s
945 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 22,902 births (25% of all-time use).
How Jenny compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jenny's total volume
Jenny by state
Where Jenny concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14,105 | 15.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 7,572 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6,100 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 4,035 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 3,882 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 3,186 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 2,906 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Florida | | 2,801 | 3.0% |
14,105 of 92,101 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Jenny appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jenny's data
- Jenny's decade-level peak was the 1970s (22,902 total births); usage has since declined to 945 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jennys (14,105 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jenny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Jenny 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.