Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Jenny

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

Endangered Down 94% from peak

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

2,688

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

94%

2024

162

All-time

91,956

Jenny 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 1977, when 2,688 girls were named Jenny.

In 2024, only 162 girls were given the name.

Down 94% from its peak.

All told, about 91,956 Americans have been named Jenny and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94% from peak

19772,688 girls named Jenny

2024162 girls named Jenny

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