Feminine dossier · first seen 1933

Jenifer

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jenifer
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.6% from peak

Peak era

1974

Peak rank proxy

923

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1933Peak 19742024

Peak year

1974

Decline from peak

97.6%

2024

All-time

25,536

Jenifer once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1974, when 923 girls were named Jenifer.

In 2024, only 22 girls were given the name.

Down 97.6% from its peak.

All told, about 25,536 Americans have been named Jenifer and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1933.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.6% from peak

1974923 girls named Jenifer

202422 girls named Jenifer

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