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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |