Jenny Name Popularity

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How popular is Jenny?

In 2018 the uncommon name Jenny, ranked the 1,120th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Jenny is currently less popular.

Position 108, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1977 with 2,687 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Jenny was 11 in 1883.

Jenny, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1885-1888, 1889-1892, 1897-1900, 1909-1916, 1917-1920, 1939-1942, 1943-1947, 1948-1952, 1954-1959, and 1966-1972, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1900-1904, 1984-1989, 1990-1993, 1995-1998, 2006-2010, and 2013-2016.

The popularity trend for Jenny has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Jenny for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jenny?

Jenny's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Jenny is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Jenny has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Jenny (Girl)		Jenny (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		217	1,120	< 5	--
2017		260	995	< 5	--
2016		234	1,095	< 5	--
2015		279	967	< 5	--
2014		335	827	< 5	--
2013		336	804	< 5	--
2012		308	862	< 5	--
2011		361	762	< 5	--
2010		350	786	< 5	--
2009		406	709	< 5	--
2008		511	600	< 5	--
2007		616	514	< 5	--
2006		666	476	< 5	--
2005		613	497	< 5	--
2004		685	446	< 5	--
2003		709	424	< 5	--
2002		840	354	< 5	--
2001		810	367	< 5	--
2000		827	361	< 5	--
1999		758	378	< 5	--
1998		778	368	< 5	--
1997		874	327	< 5	--
1996		1,012	285	< 5	--
1995		979	284	10	5,684
1994		981	282	5	9,467
1993		1,019	270	< 5	--
1992		1,140	245	< 5	--
1991		1,262	225	5	8,803
1990		1,337	214	11	4,824
1989		1,289	206	6	7,398
1988		1,401	195	18	3,017
1987		1,700	165	13	3,616
1986		1,631	167	13	3,535
1985		1,808	157	10	4,185
1984		2,136	136	13	3,354
1983		2,246	132	13	3,314
1982		2,455	121	13	3,379
1981		2,402	123	15	2,957
1980		2,645	117	18	2,666
1979		2,628	120	16	2,832
1978		2,619	111	10	3,714
1977		2,687	108	12	3,283
1976		2,427	109	11	3,366
1975		2,059	135	8	4,104
1974		2,132	131	15	2,608
1973		2,066	139	5	5,438
1972		2,636	119	9	3,465
1971		2,239	142	21	2,009
1970		1,410	224	7	4,028
1969		1,039	274	< 5	--
1968		856	303	7	3,501
1967		768	311	8	3,100
1966		858	294	8	3,099
1965		987	275	8	3,105
1964		1,146	265	< 5	--
1963		1,302	242	< 5	--
1962		1,395	230	10	2,754
1961		1,249	250	9	2,993
1960		1,351	235	9	2,964
1959		1,276	241	12	2,469
1958		1,203	250	13	2,315
1957		1,116	256	8	3,137
1956		760	318	8	3,077
1955		758	311	8	3,083
1954		827	294	9	2,844
1953		756	298	< 5	--
1952		777	290	6	3,548
1951		660	306	8	2,944
1950		568	322	7	3,173
1949		536	337	7	3,143
1948		465	365	8	2,893
1947		534	345	13	2,205
1946		396	384	9	2,613
1945		302	410	8	2,656
1944		296	419	10	2,387
1943		293	430	17	1,801
1942		273	442	16	1,831
1941		246	437	12	2,137
1940		239	441	9	2,572
1939		173	510	12	2,116
1938		197	473	< 5	--
1937		176	498	8	2,775
1936		174	490	< 5	--
1935		186	467	8	2,820
1934		156	517	< 5	--
1933		219	435	6	3,462
1932		199	461	8	2,977
1931		222	434	10	2,561
1930		235	438	< 5	--
1929		203	468	13	2,256
1928		185	507	5	4,438
1927		222	468	5	4,488
1926		211	477	< 5	--
1925		201	494	6	3,951
1924		212	480	< 5	--
1923		189	508	< 5	--
1922		174	537	< 5	--
1921		178	536	< 5	--
1920		188	507	< 5	--
1919		146	574	< 5	--
1918		142	599	< 5	--
1917		131	597	< 5	--
1916		136	575	< 5	--
1915		106	642	< 5	--
1914		84	629	< 5	--
1913		80	571	< 5	--
1912		72	569	< 5	--
1911		41	679	< 5	--
1910		41	669	< 5	--
1909		39	630	< 5	--
1908		35	657	< 5	--
1907		45	541	< 5	--
1906		35	604	< 5	--
1905		18	886	< 5	--
1904		16	920	< 5	--
1903		29	616	< 5	--
1902		24	702	< 5	--
1901		26	620	< 5	--
1900		39	546	< 5	--
1899		27	601	< 5	--
1898		25	655	< 5	--
1897		23	651	< 5	--
1896		29	570	< 5	--
1895		23	650	< 5	--
1894		25	589	< 5	--
1893		24	587	< 5	--
1892		27	532	< 5	--
1891		17	651	< 5	--
1890		17	655	< 5	--
1889		20	582	< 5	--
1888		24	518	< 5	--
1887		18	529	< 5	--
1886		16	562	< 5	--
1885		17	529	< 5	--
1884		17	512	< 5	--
1883		11	598	< 5	--
1882		16	468	< 5	--
1881		15	439	< 5	--
1880		13	480	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.