Jennifer

Girl · recorded 1919–2025

  • #586in 2025
  • 1 in 3,208girls in 2025
  • −57%last ten years
  • 1.8×in South Carolina

Most popular in 1974.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1919

021,50143,00219191946197219992025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 107 recorded years as a table
Jennifer, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19195
19206
19214
19226
19237
19249
19257
19268
19274
19286
192915
193015
193124
193223
193330
193439
193534
193640
193736
193846
193957
194089
1941113
1942147
1943242
1944515
1945754
19461,103
19471,134
19481,108
19491,530
19501,636
19511,651
19521,902
19531,794
19542,042
19552,109
19562,346
19572,681
19582,924
19593,080
19603,582
19614,590
19625,582
19636,100
19646,837
19658,615
196610,764
196711,045
196816,370
196919,979
197026,399
197134,121
197241,808
197342,825
197443,002
197539,915
197640,593
197738,459
197836,762
197935,329
198035,159
198134,199
198233,732
198332,535
198430,029
198524,791
198621,094
198718,814
198815,663
198913,022
199011,712
199111,026
19929,664
19938,706
19947,840
19957,212
19966,693
19976,802
19986,051
19995,985
20005,171
20014,956
20024,753
20034,143
20043,564
20053,159
20062,771
20072,420
20082,008
20091,626
20101,475
20111,297
20121,095
2013964
2014851
2015720
2016656
2017609
2018541
2019470
2020441
2021389
2022384
2023365
2024343
2025312

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. South Carolina 1.8×
  2. Washington 1.7×
  3. Alabama 1.6×
  4. Maryland 1.6×
  5. California 1.5×

More like it

More like Jennifer

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
501
Rank in 2025
#586
How rare
1 in 3,208 girls
Since 1919
1,471,703

Most popular in 1974, at 43,002 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 57% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
South Carolina1.8×33
Washington1.7×50
Alabama1.6×31
Maryland1.6×34
California1.5×243

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.