Girls' name · peaked in 1974
Jenifer name popularity since 1925
25,573 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jenifer. Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Jenifer is about 47 years old in 2026. Jenifer peaked in 1974 as the #278 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,573
- Named Jenifer, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #7,282 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 25,551 girls · 22 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.55× its national share
Peak year is the year Jenifer made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jenifer births per year, 1925–2025
1974 was the biggest year for Jenifer both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Jenifer became 3.2× more common, from 1 in 5,410 baby girls to 1 in 1,670.
- Steepest fall: Between 2005 and 2010, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 6,200 to 1 in 14,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jenifer's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jenifer.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jenifer in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 39 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 399 | 0 | #1,162 |
| 1950s | 1,344 | 0 | #961 |
| 1960s | 3,491 | 5 | #516 |
| 1970s | 8,169 | 0 | #287 |
| 1980s | 5,653 | 17 | #374 |
| 1990s | 3,061 | 0 | #713 |
| 2000s | 2,828 | 0 | #849 |
| 2010s | 467 | 0 | #4,535 |
| 2020–25 | 100 | 0 | #7,282 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
42.7% of babies named Jenifer from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Jenifer is most popular
The index compares Jenifer's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jenifer.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.55× | 487 |
| Oregon | 1.60× | 336 |
| Washington | 1.60× | 599 |
| California | 1.52× | 3,603 |
| Colorado | 1.48× | 408 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jenifer and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jenifer (this page) | 25,551 | 1974 |
| Jennifer | 1,471,658 | 1974 |
| Jeniffer | 3,656 | 1999 |
| Jenniffer | 2,878 | 1973 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jenifer's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jenifer.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jenifer (1974).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data