Meaning not yet researched.
Jenny: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 142 in 2025. Its best rank was #108 in 1977.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #108 in 1977; #1,503 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Jenny in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,503 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, at #108.
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Jenny: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 142 girls in 2025. Peak: #108 in 1977 · most girls in one year: 2,688 (1977).
In 2025, 142 US girls were named Jenny, making it the 1,503rd most common girls’ name of the year, down 111 places from #1,392 in 2024. That is 20 fewer than the 162 girls named Jenny in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #108, reached in 1977. That year also had the most girls given the name: 2,688. For comparison, it was #967 in 2015 and #322 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jenny in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 13 babies with the name. In all, 92,706 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 23,016 babies named Jenny.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,856 US girls were named Jenny; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 260. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,319 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jenny ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #572 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jenna (148,842 babies since 1880), Jennie (127,660 babies since 1880), Jenni (5,548 babies since 1880) and Jeni (2,856 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jinny, Jenea and Jeniya are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jinny (821), Jenea (810), Jeniya (403), Jeanny (366), Jeny (352), Geni (340), Jenya (147), Jeany (136), Jionny (28), Jeinny (15), Jeneya (12), Jeanney (7), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Jenny in the open dataset we use.
Jenny is listed as a nickname for Genevieve, Jennet, Jennie, Jennifer.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 5 | #572 | — |
| Alabama | 5 | #876 | — |
| Missouri | 5 | #992 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,319 | #887 |
| Texas | 19 | #1,331 | #841 |
| California | 18 | #1,338 | #618 |
| Florida | 6 | #2,011 | #1,562 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | #1,503 | — | — |
| 2024 | 162 | #1,392 | — | — |
| 2023 | 174 | #1,306 | — | — |
| 2022 | 166 | #1,382 | — | — |
| 2021 | 148 | #1,454 | — | — |
| 2020 | 153 | #1,428 | — | — |
| 2019 | 196 | #1,196 | — | — |
| 2018 | 220 | #1,113 | — | — |
| 2017 | 260 | #997 | — | — |
| 2016 | 235 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 2015 | 281 | #967 | — | — |
| 2014 | 335 | #827 | — | — |
| 2013 | 337 | #804 | — | — |
| 2012 | 308 | #864 | — | — |
| 2011 | 362 | #761 | — | — |
| 2010 | 350 | #787 | — | — |
| 2009 | 406 | #709 | — | — |
| 2008 | 512 | #600 | — | — |
| 2007 | 616 | #514 | — | — |
| 2006 | 667 | #476 | — | — |
| 2005 | 613 | #498 | — | — |
| 2004 | 685 | #447 | — | — |
| 2003 | 709 | #424 | — | — |
| 2002 | 840 | #354 | — | — |
| 2001 | 810 | #367 | — | — |
| 2000 | 828 | #361 | — | — |
| 1999 | 758 | #378 | — | — |
| 1998 | 778 | #369 | — | — |
| 1997 | 874 | #327 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,012 | #285 | — | — |
| 1995 | 979 | #284 | 10 | #5,685 |
| 1994 | 982 | #282 | 5 | #9,472 |
| 1993 | 1,019 | #270 | — | — |
| 1992 | 1,140 | #246 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1,263 | #225 | 5 | #8,803 |
| 1990 | 1,337 | #214 | 11 | #4,825 |
| 1989 | 1,289 | #206 | 6 | #7,399 |
| 1988 | 1,401 | #195 | 18 | #3,021 |
| 1987 | 1,701 | #165 | 13 | #3,617 |
| 1986 | 1,632 | #167 | 13 | #3,535 |
| 1985 | 1,812 | #157 | 10 | #4,188 |
| 1984 | 2,135 | #136 | 13 | #3,359 |
| 1983 | 2,247 | #132 | 13 | #3,315 |
| 1982 | 2,455 | #121 | 14 | #3,190 |
| 1981 | 2,402 | #123 | 14 | #3,121 |
| 1980 | 2,645 | #117 | 18 | #2,666 |
| 1979 | 2,627 | #120 | 16 | #2,834 |
| 1978 | 2,617 | #111 | 10 | #3,715 |
| 1977 | 2,688 | #108 | 12 | #3,283 |
| 1976 | 2,425 | #109 | 11 | #3,368 |
| 1975 | 2,064 | #135 | 8 | #4,107 |
| 1974 | 2,131 | #131 | 15 | #2,605 |
| 1973 | 2,066 | #139 | 5 | #5,441 |
| 1972 | 2,636 | #119 | 9 | #3,470 |
| 1971 | 2,239 | #142 | 21 | #2,009 |
| 1970 | 1,409 | #224 | 7 | #4,030 |
| 1969 | 1,040 | #274 | — | — |
| 1968 | 856 | #303 | 7 | #3,505 |
| 1967 | 767 | #312 | 8 | #3,103 |
| 1966 | 858 | #294 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1965 | 987 | #275 | 8 | #3,104 |
| 1964 | 1,146 | #264 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1,302 | #242 | — | — |
| 1962 | 1,396 | #230 | 10 | #2,755 |
| 1961 | 1,249 | #250 | 9 | #2,993 |
| 1960 | 1,351 | #235 | 9 | #2,964 |
| 1959 | 1,275 | #242 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1958 | 1,203 | #250 | 13 | #2,314 |
| 1957 | 1,117 | #256 | 8 | #3,138 |
| 1956 | 759 | #318 | 8 | #3,079 |
| 1955 | 759 | #311 | 8 | #3,087 |
| 1954 | 827 | #294 | 9 | #2,844 |
| 1953 | 756 | #298 | — | — |
| 1952 | 777 | #290 | 6 | #3,546 |
| 1951 | 660 | #306 | 8 | #2,945 |
| 1950 | 569 | #322 | 7 | #3,173 |
| 1949 | 536 | #337 | 7 | #3,144 |
| 1948 | 466 | #365 | 8 | #2,893 |
| 1947 | 533 | #345 | 13 | #2,204 |
| 1946 | 396 | #384 | 9 | #2,614 |
| 1945 | 301 | #413 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 1944 | 297 | #419 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1943 | 293 | #430 | 17 | #1,800 |
| 1942 | 273 | #442 | 16 | #1,834 |
| 1941 | 247 | #437 | 12 | #2,138 |
| 1940 | 238 | #442 | 9 | #2,573 |
| 1939 | 173 | #510 | 12 | #2,117 |
| 1938 | 197 | #473 | — | — |
| 1937 | 176 | #498 | 8 | #2,779 |
| 1936 | 174 | #490 | — | — |
| 1935 | 186 | #467 | 8 | #2,820 |
| 1934 | 156 | #517 | — | — |
| 1933 | 219 | #435 | 6 | #3,461 |
| 1932 | 199 | #462 | 8 | #2,977 |
| 1931 | 222 | #434 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1930 | 235 | #438 | — | — |
| 1929 | 203 | #468 | 13 | #2,257 |
| 1928 | 185 | #507 | 5 | #4,439 |
| 1927 | 222 | #468 | 5 | #4,487 |
| 1926 | 211 | #477 | — | — |
| 1925 | 201 | #494 | 6 | #3,953 |
| 1924 | 212 | #480 | — | — |
| 1923 | 189 | #508 | — | — |
| 1922 | 174 | #537 | — | — |
| 1921 | 178 | #536 | — | — |
| 1920 | 188 | #507 | — | — |
| 1919 | 146 | #574 | — | — |
| 1918 | 142 | #599 | — | — |
| 1917 | 131 | #597 | — | — |
| 1916 | 136 | #575 | — | — |
| 1915 | 106 | #641 | — | — |
| 1914 | 84 | #629 | — | — |
| 1913 | 80 | #571 | — | — |
| 1912 | 72 | #569 | — | — |
| 1911 | 41 | #679 | — | — |
| 1910 | 41 | #669 | — | — |
| 1909 | 39 | #630 | — | — |
| 1908 | 35 | #657 | — | — |
| 1907 | 45 | #541 | — | — |
| 1906 | 35 | #604 | — | — |
| 1905 | 18 | #886 | — | — |
| 1904 | 16 | #920 | — | — |
| 1903 | 29 | #616 | — | — |
| 1902 | 24 | #702 | — | — |
| 1901 | 26 | #620 | — | — |
| 1900 | 39 | #546 | — | — |
| 1899 | 27 | #601 | — | — |
| 1898 | 25 | #655 | — | — |
| 1897 | 23 | #651 | — | — |
| 1896 | 29 | #570 | — | — |
| 1895 | 23 | #650 | — | — |
| 1894 | 25 | #589 | — | — |
| 1893 | 24 | #587 | — | — |
| 1892 | 27 | #532 | — | — |
| 1891 | 17 | #651 | — | — |
| 1890 | 17 | #655 | — | — |
| 1889 | 20 | #582 | — | — |
| 1888 | 24 | #518 | — | — |
| 1887 | 18 | #529 | — | — |
| 1886 | 16 | #562 | — | — |
| 1885 | 17 | #529 | — | — |
| 1884 | 17 | #512 | — | — |
| 1883 | 11 | #598 | — | — |
| 1882 | 16 | #468 | — | — |
| 1881 | 15 | #439 | — | — |
| 1880 | 13 | #480 | — | — |
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).