How rare is the name Jeniffer?

5,690 people in the United States have the first name Jeniffer, about 1 in 53,081. It ranks #3,595 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JENIFFER

#3,595

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,690
About
1 in 53,081
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,690 people named Jeniffer, 54.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 32.1% as White and 6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jeniffer peaked in 1999, when 118 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472020
Peak year
1999
Births that year
118
In 2020
9 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,656 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Jeniffer by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,238. The largest share of babies named Jeniffer, 39.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#11,50216
1960s#4,288207
1970s#2,238785
1980s#2,385858
1990s#2,717972
2000s#4,268705
2010s#16,84999
2020s#35,0059
Baby boom 1946–642.5%
Generation X 1965–8027.3%
Millennials 1981–9639.5%
Generation Z 1997–1229.2%
2013 and later1.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jeniffer is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jeniffer has been most common in California (3.5×), Florida (3.3×), and Texas (2.8×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.33×).

2,076 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Jeniffer

1 other first name also has 5,690 people.

#3,595 Rami · 5,690

Either side of Jeniffer

#3,593 Jessa · 5,700#3,594 Tenley · 5,696#3,595 Rami · 5,690#3,597 Modesto · 5,688

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jeniffer, most common first.

#14 Jennifer · 1,331,077#1,329 Jenifer · 27,430#4,855 Jenniffer · 3,699#7,394 Jennyfer · 2,069#8,258 Jennefer · 1,762#12,624 Jennafer · 981#15,863 Jennfer · 719#19,413 Jenefer · 545

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