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Jennifer name popularity by year

Jennifer: 63,600 US girls in 1972; 501 in 2025. Annual usage fell 99.2% from its 1950–2025 peak, in Social Security records.

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  • Jennifer: 2,802 in 1950, 501 in 2025 (82% lower). It peaked at 63,600 in 1972.

About this chart

Jennifer's high point in this series was 1972, when 63,600 US girls received the name. The count was 2,802 in 1950 and 9,390 in 2000. By 2025, it was 501, a decline of 99.2% from the peak displayed. The annual chart follows this exact spelling, rather than grouping together similar names or nicknames.

The more recent observations show 2,622 girls named Jennifer in 2010 and 713 in 2020. Social Security counts names from applications associated with a birth year; these totals do not count everyone alive who has the name. The source suppresses names used fewer than five times, but every year shown here has a published count.

The data

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names from Social Security card applications (names given to 5 or more babies). Retrieved November 5, 2026. US girls with this exact spelling, by birth year. Counts reflect Social Security applications, not all people currently bearing the name. Names with fewer than five occurrences are suppressed; every displayed year has a reported count.

The rise and fall of Jennifer, US girls named Jennifer, 1950–2025, 1950–2025
DateJennifer
19502,802
19512,973
19523,527
19533,375
19543,966
19554,123
19564,711
19575,483
19585,882
19596,233
19607,243
19619,265
196210,977
196311,757
196412,955
196515,207
196618,215
196718,236
196826,853
196933,705
197046,150
197156,771
197263,600
197362,448
197463,107
197558,190
197659,473
197758,964
197856,314
197956,712
198058,374
198157,046
198257,120
198354,353
198450,564
198542,661
198636,187
198732,710
198827,893
198924,006
199022,236
199120,673
199217,819
199315,749
199414,001
199512,683
199611,732
199711,840
199810,692
199910,616
20009,390
20018,923
20028,540
20037,569
20046,545
20055,837
20065,268
20074,653
20083,797
20092,987
20102,622
20112,281
20121,928
20131,692
20141,521
20151,286
20161,162
20171,052
2018921
2019788
2020713
2021638
2022630
2023586
2024556
2025501

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How popular is the name Jennifer?

Social Security recorded 501 US girls named Jennifer in 2025, the latest birth year in this series. The annual count was 99.2% below its displayed peak.

When was Jennifer most popular?

Within the 1950–2025 series, Jennifer reached its highest annual count in 1972, with 63,600 girls. This identifies the highest count, not the name’s rank or its share of all births.

What does the name count include?

The figures cover US girls recorded under the exact spelling Jennifer in Social Security applications, grouped by birth year. They are annual name counts, not the number of living people with the name.

Where does this data come from?

U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names from Social Security card applications (names given to 5 or more babies). Retrieved November 5, 2026. US girls with this exact spelling, by birth year. Counts reflect Social Security applications, not all people currently bearing the name. Names with fewer than five occurrences are suppressed; every displayed year has a reported count. You can download the full table as a CSV from this page.

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