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.

Jenny

#400 most common girls' name of all time · #732 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#400
Rank overall
#732 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
92,706
Since 2016
1,856
Peak year
1977 #108
Best rank
#108 1977
Girls Boys peak 2,700/yr
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Jenny is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 142 142 #1,501
2024 162 162 #1,391
2023 174 174 #1,304
2022 166 166 #1,381
2021 148 148 #1,450
2020 153 153 #1,422
2019 196 196 #1,196
2018 220 220 #1,111
2017 260 260 #996
2016 235 235 #1,095
2015 281 281 #964
2014 335 335 #826
2013 337 337 #803
2012 308 308 #864
2011 362 362 #761
2010 350 350 #786
2009 406 406 #709
2008 512 512 #600
2007 616 616 #514
2006 667 667 #475
2005 613 613 #496
2004 685 685 #446
2003 709 709 #424
2002 840 840 #354
2001 810 810 #366
2000 828 828 #361
1999 758 758 #378
1998 778 778 #369
1997 874 874 #327
1996 1,012 1,012 #285
1995 979 10 989 #285
1994 982 5 987 #282
1993 1,019 1,019 #270
1992 1,140 1,140 #244
1991 1,263 5 1,268 #226
1990 1,337 11 1,348 #214
1989 1,289 6 1,295 #207
1988 1,401 18 1,419 #195
1987 1,701 13 1,714 #165
1986 1,632 13 1,645 #167
1985 1,812 10 1,822 #157
1984 2,135 13 2,148 #136
1983 2,247 13 2,260 #132
1982 2,455 14 2,469 #121
1981 2,402 14 2,416 #123
1980 2,645 18 2,663 #117
1979 2,627 16 2,643 #120
1978 2,617 10 2,627 #111
1977 2,688 12 2,700 #108
1976 2,425 11 2,436 #109
1975 2,064 8 2,072 #135
1974 2,131 15 2,146 #131
1973 2,066 5 2,071 #139
1972 2,636 9 2,645 #119
1971 2,239 21 2,260 #142
1970 1,409 7 1,416 #224
1969 1,040 1,040 #274
1968 856 7 863 #303
1967 767 8 775 #312
1966 858 8 866 #294
1965 987 8 995 #274
1964 1,146 1,146 #264
1963 1,302 1,302 #242
1962 1,396 10 1,406 #230
1961 1,249 9 1,258 #250
1960 1,351 9 1,360 #235
1959 1,275 12 1,287 #242
1958 1,203 13 1,216 #249
1957 1,117 8 1,125 #256
1956 759 8 767 #318
1955 759 8 767 #311
1954 827 9 836 #294
1953 756 756 #298
1952 777 6 783 #290
1951 660 8 668 #306
1950 569 7 576 #322
1949 536 7 543 #337
1948 466 8 474 #365
1947 533 13 546 #345
1946 396 9 405 #384
1945 301 8 309 #411
1944 297 10 307 #419
1943 293 17 310 #430
1942 273 16 289 #442
1941 247 12 259 #437
1940 238 9 247 #442
1939 173 12 185 #510
1938 197 197 #473
1937 176 8 184 #497
1936 174 174 #491
1935 186 8 194 #468
1934 156 156 #517
1933 219 6 225 #435
1932 199 8 207 #463
1931 222 10 232 #433
1930 235 235 #438
1929 203 13 216 #467
1928 185 5 190 #507
1927 222 5 227 #468
1926 211 211 #478
1925 201 6 207 #492
1924 212 212 #479
1923 189 189 #506
1922 174 174 #536
1921 178 178 #535
1920 188 188 #507
1919 146 146 #574
1918 142 142 #596
1917 131 131 #596
1916 136 136 #576
1915 106 106 #642
1914 84 84 #630
1913 80 80 #572
1912 72 72 #568
1911 41 41 #678
1910 41 41 #665
1909 39 39 #629
1908 35 35 #652
1907 45 45 #538
1906 35 35 #603
1905 18 18 #874
1904 16 16 #910
1903 29 29 #609
1902 24 24 #691
1901 26 26 #618
1900 39 39 #545
1899 27 27 #597
1898 25 25 #653
1897 23 23 #647
1896 29 29 #567
1895 23 23 #640
1894 25 25 #588
1893 24 24 #577
1892 27 27 #531
1891 17 17 #645
1890 17 17 #644
1889 20 20 #571
1888 24 24 #516
1887 18 18 #525
1886 16 16 #556
1885 17 17 #529
1884 17 17 #506
1883 11 11 #586
1882 16 16 #466
1881 15 15 #442
1880 13 13 #480