Jenny
Jenny is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 162 births. Its best rank was 108th, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1620.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19772,688 births
- Best rank
- #108in 1977
- Since 1880
- 91,956people given the name
The story in the numbers
91,956 girls have been named Jenny in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 2,688 births — 0.18% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1970s alone account for 25%. It has spent 137 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jenny | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 167 | |
| 1890s | 237 | |
| 1900s | 306 | |
| 1910s | 979 | |
| 1920s | 1,963 | |
| 1930s | 1,937 | |
| 1940s | 3,580 | |
| 1950s | 8,701 | |
| 1960s | 10,952 | |
| 1970s | 22,902 | |
| 1980s | 19,720 | |
| 1990s | 10,142 | |
| 2000s | 6,686 | |
| 2010s | 2,884 | |
| 2020s | 800 |
In 1977, its biggest year
Jenny was the 108th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1977 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amy, Jessica and Heather. See all of 1977.
Names that rose and fell with Jenny
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jenipeak 1982
- Rosalvapeak 1975
- Christalpeak 1978
- Hollypeak 1983
- Melainepeak 1980
- Nikipeak 1972
- Janelpeak 1971
- Caridadpeak 1971
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.