Girls' name · peaked in 1880
Jennie name popularity since 1925
58,874 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jennie. Half of them were born in 1954 or earlier, so the typical Jennie is about 72 years old in 2026. Jennie peaked in 1880 as the #24 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 58,874
- Named Jennie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1880
- #24 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,309 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 58,625 girls · 249 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 2.81× its national share
Peak year is the year Jennie 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.
Jennie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Jennie peaked earlier, in 1880.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Jennie became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 3,740 baby girls to 1 in 1,760.
- Steepest fall: Between 1982 and 1987, its share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 2,030 to 1 in 3,730.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jennie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jennie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jennie 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 | 9,187 | 63 | – |
| 1930s | 9,488 | 80 | #201 |
| 1940s | 7,014 | 32 | #272 |
| 1950s | 7,587 | 11 | #322 |
| 1960s | 5,979 | 15 | #391 |
| 1970s | 7,754 | 17 | #322 |
| 1980s | 6,465 | 31 | #389 |
| 1990s | 2,836 | 0 | #767 |
| 2000s | 1,250 | 0 | #1,659 |
| 2010s | 607 | 0 | #2,461 |
| 2020–25 | 458 | 0 | #2,309 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
28.5% of babies named Jennie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Jennie is most popular
The index compares Jennie'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 Jennie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 2.81× | 859 |
| South Carolina | 1.88× | 1,454 |
| Mississippi | 1.54× | 1,034 |
| Connecticut | 1.45× | 869 |
| Utah | 1.45× | 683 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jennie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jennie (this page) | 58,625 | 1880 |
| Jenny | 89,471 | 1977 |
| Jenni | 5,548 | 1972 |
| Jeni | 2,856 | 1982 |
| Jenee | 2,012 | 1988 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jennie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jennie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jennie (1880).
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