Feminine dossier · first seen 1919

Jennifer

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

Endangered Down 99.1% from peak

Peak era

1972

Peak rank proxy

63,602

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1919Peak 19722024

Peak year

1972

Decline from peak

99.1%

2024

552

All-time

1,471,191

Jennifer 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 1972, when 63,602 girls were named Jennifer.

In 2024, only 552 girls were given the name.

Down 99.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,471,191 Americans have been named Jennifer and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1919.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.1% from peak

197263,602 girls named Jennifer

2024552 girls named Jennifer

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