How rare is the name Jenny?

111,784 people in the United States have the first name Jenny, about 1 in 2,702. It ranks #503 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JENNY

#503

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
111,784
About
1 in 2,702
This common or more
58.6%
Who bears it

Of the 111,784 people named Jenny, 50.8% reported their origin as White, 23.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 20.7% 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.

Jenny peaked in 1977, when 2,700 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1977
Births that year
2,700
In 2025*
142 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 92,706 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Jenny by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #258. The largest share of babies named Jenny, 32.6%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1880s#943167
1890s#971237
1900s#1,024306
1910s#1,093979
1920s#8991,992
1930s#8411,989
1940s#7233,689
1950s#5378,781
1960s#49611,011
1970s#25823,016
1980s#29619,851
1990s#55710,173
2000s#8646,686
2010s#1,7222,884
2020s#2,623945
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.1%
Silent Generation 1928–454.4%
Baby boom 1946–6418.6%
Generation X 1965–8032.6%
Millennials 1981–9626.9%
Generation Z 1997–1210.9%
2013 and later3%

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 Jenny is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jenny has been most common in Utah (2×), California (1.6×), and Wyoming (1.4×), and least common in Delaware (0.18×).

87,171 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 Jenny

#501 Rosemary · 112,645#502 Deanna · 112,509#504 Marissa · 111,567#505 Melvin · 111,421

Spelled almost the same

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

#401 Jenna · 140,773#3,227 Jenni · 6,662#4,105 Jenn · 4,695#10,076 Jeny · 1,341#13,530 Jenay · 890#15,335 Jeanny · 752#15,783 Jenne · 724#20,524 Jenney · 503

Also a last name

As a last name, Jenny ranks #22,534 of 156,621, with 1,170 people. See Jenny as a last name

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