Girls' name · peaked in 1977
Jenny name popularity since 1925
90,076 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jenny (99.3% girls, 0.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1978 or earlier, so the typical Jenny is about 48 years old in 2026. Jenny peaked in 1977 as the #108 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 90,076
- Named Jenny, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,503 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% girls
- 89,471 girls · 605 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 1.92× its national share
Peak year is the year Jenny 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.
Jenny births per year, 1925–2025
1977 was the biggest year for Jenny both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Jenny became 3.7× more common, from 1 in 2,150 baby girls to 1 in 577.
- Steepest fall: Between 2007 and 2012, its share of baby girls fell by 45%, from 1 in 3,120 to 1 in 5,720.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jenny's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jenny.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jenny 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 | 1,022 | 29 | – |
| 1930s | 1,937 | 52 | #467 |
| 1940s | 3,580 | 109 | #413 |
| 1950s | 8,702 | 79 | #311 |
| 1960s | 10,952 | 59 | #275 |
| 1970s | 22,902 | 114 | #135 |
| 1980s | 19,719 | 132 | #157 |
| 1990s | 10,142 | 31 | #284 |
| 2000s | 6,686 | 0 | #498 |
| 2010s | 2,884 | 0 | #967 |
| 2020–25 | 945 | 0 | #1,503 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.5% of babies named Jenny from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Jenny is most popular
The index compares Jenny'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 Jenny.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.92× | 1,421 |
| California | 1.53× | 14,067 |
| Idaho | 1.40× | 485 |
| Oregon | 1.38× | 1,123 |
| Washington | 1.32× | 1,916 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jenny 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jenny (this page) | 89,471 | 1977 |
| Jennie | 58,625 | 1880 |
| 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 Jenny's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jenny.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jenny (1977).
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