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Jennings: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 86 in 2025. Its best rank was #247 in 1897.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #247 in 1897; #1,841 in 2025. About 85% of babies named Jennings in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,841 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1897, at #247.
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Jennings: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 86 boys in 2025. Peak: #247 in 1897 · most boys in one year: 113 (1926).
In 2025, 86 US boys were named Jennings, making it the 1,841st most common boys’ name of the year, up 125 places from #1,966 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 80 boys named Jennings in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #247, reached in 1897. The most boys given the name in a single year was 113, in 1926. For comparison, it was #2,738 in 2015 and #1,211 in 1950.
In 2025, 15 US girls were named Jennings, making it the 7,283rd most common girls’ name of the year, down 2,208 places from #5,075 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 26 girls named Jennings in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #5,019, reached in 2021. The most girls given the name in a single year was 26, in 2024. For comparison, it was #6,571 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jennings in 133 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1892 with 5 babies. In all, 5,192 US babies have been given the name, 6.0% of them girls and 94% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 893 babies named Jennings.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 768 US boys were named Jennings; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 90. In 2025 that was about 1 in 19,861 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jennings ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #714 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 6 | #714 | — |
| North Carolina | 9 | #900 | — |
| Tennessee | 6 | #976 | — |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,282 | — |
| Texas | 7 | #2,183 | #2,550 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,283 | 86 | #1,841 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,075 | 80 | #1,966 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,466 | 78 | #1,977 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,234 | 81 | #1,927 |
| 2021 | 26 | #5,019 | 90 | #1,776 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,553 | 71 | #2,010 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,877 | 85 | #1,809 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,332 | 85 | #1,800 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,237 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,177 | 62 | #2,194 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,571 | 44 | #2,738 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,392 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,325 | 50 | #2,480 |
| 2012 | 11 | #10,015 | 24 | #4,196 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,686 | 26 | #3,940 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,812 | 27 | #3,856 |
| 2009 | — | — | 19 | #5,017 |
| 2008 | — | — | 22 | #4,458 |
| 2007 | — | — | 15 | #5,774 |
| 2006 | — | — | 21 | #4,427 |
| 2005 | — | — | 13 | #6,023 |
| 2004 | — | — | 13 | #5,957 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,875 | 20 | #4,186 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,381 | 9 | #7,300 |
| 2001 | — | — | 13 | #5,505 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,926 | 16 | #4,677 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,911 | 19 | #3,903 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,137 | 18 | #3,915 |
| 1997 | — | — | 11 | #5,445 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,060 | 9 | #6,213 |
| 1995 | — | — | 13 | #4,640 |
| 1994 | — | — | 22 | #3,165 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,067 | 18 | #3,565 |
| 1992 | — | — | 19 | #3,399 |
| 1991 | — | — | 11 | #4,920 |
| 1990 | — | — | 15 | #3,861 |
| 1989 | — | — | 17 | #3,380 |
| 1988 | — | — | 15 | #3,428 |
| 1987 | — | — | 15 | #3,267 |
| 1986 | — | — | 18 | #2,832 |
| 1985 | — | — | 20 | #2,548 |
| 1984 | — | — | 13 | #3,358 |
| 1983 | — | — | 19 | #2,529 |
| 1982 | — | — | 15 | #3,032 |
| 1981 | — | — | 15 | #2,959 |
| 1980 | — | — | 17 | #2,779 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,248 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,725 |
| 1977 | — | — | 16 | #2,720 |
| 1976 | — | — | 14 | #2,880 |
| 1975 | — | — | 17 | #2,491 |
| 1974 | — | — | 15 | #2,604 |
| 1973 | — | — | 12 | #2,929 |
| 1972 | — | — | 15 | #2,480 |
| 1971 | — | — | 15 | #2,503 |
| 1970 | — | — | 18 | #2,168 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,177 |
| 1968 | — | — | 20 | #1,807 |
| 1967 | — | — | 13 | #2,290 |
| 1966 | — | — | 16 | #2,001 |
| 1965 | — | — | 22 | #1,693 |
| 1964 | — | — | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1963 | — | — | 27 | #1,525 |
| 1962 | — | — | 21 | #1,782 |
| 1961 | — | — | 35 | #1,355 |
| 1960 | — | — | 33 | #1,388 |
| 1959 | — | — | 34 | #1,347 |
| 1958 | — | — | 29 | #1,463 |
| 1957 | — | — | 28 | #1,499 |
| 1956 | — | — | 29 | #1,463 |
| 1955 | — | — | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1954 | — | — | 26 | #1,514 |
| 1953 | — | — | 42 | #1,145 |
| 1952 | — | — | 51 | #1,007 |
| 1951 | — | — | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1950 | — | — | 36 | #1,211 |
| 1949 | — | — | 44 | #1,067 |
| 1948 | — | — | 45 | #1,054 |
| 1947 | — | — | 56 | #948 |
| 1946 | — | — | 40 | #1,106 |
| 1945 | — | — | 58 | #823 |
| 1944 | — | — | 48 | #925 |
| 1943 | — | — | 54 | #911 |
| 1942 | — | — | 54 | #904 |
| 1941 | — | — | 54 | #862 |
| 1940 | — | — | 44 | #975 |
| 1939 | — | — | 59 | #797 |
| 1938 | — | — | 72 | #721 |
| 1937 | — | — | 45 | #935 |
| 1936 | — | — | 65 | #751 |
| 1935 | — | — | 54 | #854 |
| 1934 | — | — | 66 | #757 |
| 1933 | — | — | 60 | #793 |
| 1932 | — | — | 59 | #832 |
| 1931 | — | — | 63 | #792 |
| 1930 | — | — | 57 | #878 |
| 1929 | — | — | 73 | #739 |
| 1928 | — | — | 78 | #726 |
| 1927 | — | — | 91 | #673 |
| 1926 | — | — | 113 | #590 |
| 1925 | — | — | 101 | #632 |
| 1924 | — | — | 88 | #698 |
| 1923 | — | — | 104 | #627 |
| 1922 | — | — | 64 | #860 |
| 1921 | — | — | 86 | #700 |
| 1920 | — | — | 95 | #651 |
| 1919 | — | — | 60 | #856 |
| 1918 | — | — | 72 | #769 |
| 1917 | — | — | 57 | #851 |
| 1916 | — | — | 71 | #712 |
| 1915 | — | — | 58 | #799 |
| 1914 | — | — | 46 | #782 |
| 1913 | — | — | 48 | #645 |
| 1912 | — | — | 27 | #866 |
| 1911 | — | — | 13 | #952 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,080 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,214 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #802 |
| 1907 | — | — | 15 | #685 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #824 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,328 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,020 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #826 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #663 |
| 1900 | — | — | 31 | #407 |
| 1899 | — | — | 17 | #466 |
| 1898 | — | — | 28 | #369 |
| 1897 | — | — | 50 | #247 |
| 1896 | — | — | 40 | #291 |
| 1895 | — | — | 9 | #766 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,169 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,119 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,162 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).