Jennifer
Rank in 2025
#586
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
501
girls 501
Peak year
1974
63,107 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,476,540
since 1919
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Jennifer was most popular in 1974, when 63,107 babies recorded as girls got the name (43.0 per 1,000). In 2025, 501 babies were named Jennifer, ranking #586 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 30%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 501 | 586 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 556 | 544 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 586 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 630 | 501 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 638 | 493 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 713 | 431 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 788 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 921 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,052 | 309 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,162 | 272 | 6 | 10744 |
| 2015 | 1,286 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,521 | 222 | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | 1,692 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,928 | 164 | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | 2,281 | 134 | 6 | 10808 |
| 2010 | 2,622 | 121 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 2,987 | 110 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 3,797 | 84 | 15 | 5767 |
| 2007 | 4,653 | 64 | 7 | 9788 |
| 2006 | 5,268 | 51 | 17 | 5072 |
| 2005 | 5,837 | 42 | 15 | 5278 |
| 2004 | 6,545 | 39 | 23 | 3860 |
| 2003 | 7,569 | 31 | 18 | 4426 |
| 2002 | 8,540 | 28 | 27 | 3259 |
| 2001 | 8,923 | 26 | 26 | 3321 |
| 2000 | 9,390 | 26 | 32 | 2805 |
| 1999 | 10,616 | 21 | 28 | 2939 |
| 1998 | 10,692 | 20 | 26 | 3017 |
| 1997 | 11,840 | 18 | 37 | 2260 |
| 1996 | 11,732 | 19 | 35 | 2299 |
| 1995 | 12,683 | 18 | 55 | 1648 |
| 1994 | 14,001 | 17 | 44 | 1894 |
| 1993 | 15,749 | 15 | 50 | 1721 |
| 1992 | 17,819 | 11 | 58 | 1525 |
| 1991 | 20,673 | 8 | 66 | 1396 |
| 1990 | 22,236 | 8 | 87 | 1166 |
| 1989 | 24,006 | 7 | 146 | 819 |
| 1988 | 27,893 | 5 | 114 | 897 |
| 1987 | 32,710 | 4 | 113 | 880 |
| 1986 | 36,187 | 4 | 163 | 705 |
| 1985 | 42,661 | 3 | 161 | 693 |
| 1984 | 50,564 | 1 | 204 | 592 |
| 1983 | 54,353 | 1 | 196 | 611 |
| 1982 | 57,120 | 1 | 183 | 638 |
| 1981 | 57,046 | 1 | 192 | 615 |
| 1980 | 58,374 | 1 | 211 | 597 |
| 1979 | 56,712 | 1 | 205 | 597 |
| 1978 | 56,314 | 1 | 203 | 591 |
| 1977 | 58,964 | 1 | 179 | 629 |
| 1976 | 59,473 | 1 | 200 | 573 |
| 1975 | 58,190 | 1 | 225 | 534 |
| 1974 | 63,107 | 1 | 185 | 585 |
| 1973 | 62,448 | 1 | 220 | 529 |
| 1972 | 63,600 | 1 | 190 | 578 |
| 1971 | 56,771 | 1 | 194 | 592 |
| 1970 | 46,150 | 1 | 119 | 753 |
| 1969 | 33,705 | 3 | 98 | 778 |
| 1968 | 26,853 | 4 | 66 | 884 |
| 1967 | 18,236 | 10 | 67 | 875 |
| 1966 | 18,215 | 10 | 52 | 1007 |
| 1965 | 15,207 | 20 | 34 | 1318 |
| 1964 | 12,955 | 31 | 34 | 1350 |
| 1963 | 11,757 | 36 | 25 | 1585 |
| 1962 | 10,977 | 41 | 24 | 1625 |
| 1961 | 9,265 | 47 | 31 | 1439 |
| 1960 | 7,243 | 61 | 13 | 2315 |
| 1959 | 6,233 | 77 | 10 | 2663 |
| 1958 | 5,882 | 81 | 13 | 2265 |
| 1957 | 5,483 | 87 | 12 | 2375 |
| 1956 | 4,711 | 97 | 8 | 2969 |
| 1955 | 4,123 | 104 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 3,966 | 108 | 10 | 2592 |
| 1953 | 3,375 | 115 | 8 | 2905 |
| 1952 | 3,527 | 107 | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | 2,973 | 119 | 9 | 2662 |
| 1950 | 2,802 | 118 | 8 | 2770 |
| 1949 | 2,618 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 1,882 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 2,010 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 1,733 | 156 | 6 | 3173 |
| 1945 | 985 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 684 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 337 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 198 | 527 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 136 | 604 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 102 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 62 | 891 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 51 | 992 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 38 | 1160 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 42 | 1081 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 36 | 1182 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 41 | 1098 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 30 | 1311 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 25 | 1520 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 26 | 1459 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 17 | 2023 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 17 | 2011 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 7 | 3743 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 5 | 4805 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 9 | 3269 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 9 | 3362 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 11 | 2973 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 9 | 3350 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 7 | 4011 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 5 | 5099 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 7 | 3957 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 6 | 4251 | <5 | — |
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Where Jennifer is most popular
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- Nevada1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years