Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jennifer

#4 most common girls' name of all time · #19 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1919–2025

Rank among girls
#4
Rank overall
#19 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
1,476,540
Since 2016
7,553
Peak year
1972 #1
Best rank
#1 1970
Girls Boys peak 63,790/yr
192019401960198020002020

Jennifer first appears in 1919. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 501 501 #586
2024 556 556 #546
2023 586 586 #521
2022 630 630 #502
2021 638 638 #494
2020 713 713 #431
2019 788 788 #392
2018 921 921 #344
2017 1,052 1,052 #309
2016 1,162 6 1,168 #273
2015 1,286 1,286 #251
2014 1,521 6 1,527 #222
2013 1,692 1,692 #192
2012 1,928 5 1,933 #164
2011 2,281 6 2,287 #134
2010 2,622 6 2,628 #121
2009 2,987 5 2,992 #110
2008 3,797 15 3,812 #84
2007 4,653 7 4,660 #64
2006 5,268 17 5,285 #51
2005 5,837 15 5,852 #42
2004 6,545 23 6,568 #39
2003 7,569 18 7,587 #31
2002 8,540 27 8,567 #28
2001 8,923 26 8,949 #26
2000 9,390 32 9,422 #26
1999 10,616 28 10,644 #21
1998 10,692 26 10,718 #20
1997 11,840 37 11,877 #18
1996 11,732 35 11,767 #19
1995 12,683 55 12,738 #18
1994 14,001 44 14,045 #17
1993 15,749 50 15,799 #15
1992 17,819 58 17,877 #11
1991 20,673 66 20,739 #8
1990 22,236 87 22,323 #8
1989 24,006 146 24,152 #7
1988 27,893 114 28,007 #5
1987 32,710 113 32,823 #4
1986 36,187 163 36,350 #4
1985 42,661 161 42,822 #3
1984 50,564 204 50,768 #1
1983 54,353 196 54,549 #1
1982 57,120 183 57,303 #1
1981 57,046 192 57,238 #1
1980 58,374 211 58,585 #1
1979 56,712 205 56,917 #1
1978 56,314 203 56,517 #1
1977 58,964 179 59,143 #1
1976 59,473 200 59,673 #1
1975 58,190 225 58,415 #1
1974 63,107 185 63,292 #1
1973 62,448 220 62,668 #1
1972 63,600 190 63,790 #1
1971 56,771 194 56,965 #1
1970 46,150 119 46,269 #1
1969 33,705 98 33,803 #3
1968 26,853 66 26,919 #4
1967 18,236 67 18,303 #10
1966 18,215 52 18,267 #10
1965 15,207 34 15,241 #20
1964 12,955 34 12,989 #31
1963 11,757 25 11,782 #36
1962 10,977 24 11,001 #41
1961 9,265 31 9,296 #47
1960 7,243 13 7,256 #61
1959 6,233 10 6,243 #78
1958 5,882 13 5,895 #81
1957 5,483 12 5,495 #87
1956 4,711 8 4,719 #97
1955 4,123 4,123 #104
1954 3,966 10 3,976 #108
1953 3,375 8 3,383 #116
1952 3,527 6 3,533 #107
1951 2,973 9 2,982 #119
1950 2,802 8 2,810 #118
1949 2,618 2,618 #121
1948 1,882 1,882 #151
1947 2,010 2,010 #145
1946 1,733 6 1,739 #156
1945 985 985 #200
1944 684 684 #263
1943 337 337 #397
1942 198 198 #527
1941 136 136 #606
1940 102 102 #692
1939 62 62 #897
1938 51 51 #1,003
1937 38 38 #1,176
1936 42 42 #1,095
1935 36 36 #1,196
1934 41 41 #1,122
1933 30 30 #1,329
1932 25 25 #1,567
1931 26 26 #1,500
1930 17 17 #2,108
1929 17 17 #2,094
1928 7 7 #4,120
1927 5 5 #5,344
1926 9 9 #3,531
1925 9 9 #3,646
1924 11 11 #3,136
1923 9 9 #3,625
1922 7 7 #4,391
1921 5 5 #5,636
1920 7 7 #4,364
1919 6 6 #4,757