How rare is the name Jenni?

6,662 people in the United States have the first name Jenni, about 1 in 45,336. It ranks #3,227 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JENNI

#3,227

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,662
About
1 in 45,336
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,662 people named Jenni, 73.5% reported their origin as White, 16.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jenni peaked in 1972, when 204 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19452025
Peak year
1972
Births that year
204
In 2025*
13 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,548 babies have been given the name since 1945. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jenni by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,539. The largest share of babies named Jenni, 35.7%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1940s#6,87951
1950s#3,323277
1960s#2,220663
1970s#1,5391,499
1980s#1,7021,533
1990s#3,810596
2000s#6,120412
2010s#6,496406
2020s#10,830111
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–6412.2%
Generation X 1965–8035.7%
Millennials 1981–9633%
Generation Z 1997–1211.6%
2013 and later7.4%

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 Jenni is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jenni has been most common in Utah (2.9×), California (2.5×), and Washington (2.1×), and least common in Missouri (0.57×).

2,580 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.

Either side of Jenni

#3,225 Cordelia · 6,668#3,226 Tod · 6,665#3,228 Dillan · 6,657#3,228 Saylor · 6,657

Spelled almost the same

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

#401 Jenna · 140,773#503 Jenny · 111,784#1,058 Jennie · 39,580#4,105 Jenn · 4,695#5,304 Jeni · 3,267#15,783 Jenne · 724#16,034 Jenai · 709#21,666 Jeani · 467

Also a last name

As a last name, Jenni ranks #99,694 of 156,621, with 194 people. See Jenni as a last name

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