Jenyfer — girls' name
168 babies named Jenyfer in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
168 girls have been named Jenyfer since 1977, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2012.
- 168
- total births
- 1977–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Jenyfer was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Jenyfer in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jenyfer
The Social Security Administration has registered 168 babies named Jenyfer between 1977 and 2012, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenyfer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenyfer performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jenyfer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jenyfer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jenyfer 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 168 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.
Jenyfer at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jenyfer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1977
- Peak year (1998)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
168 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 13 births in a single year.
Jenyfer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 93 births that decade — 55% of Jenyfer's all-time total
Jenyfer decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jenyfer's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Jenyfer by state
Where Jenyfer concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 9.5% |
16 of 168 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.