Jennie Girl
How popular is Jennie?
#2,298 girl name in 2025
79 baby girls were named Jennie in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
Jennie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,298 for girls (▼ 545 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 79 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,456 in 2015, #2,779 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1917 (3,109 girls) |
| Highest rank | #24 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jennie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jenny family of names ranked #850 for girls in 2025 (#762 the year before), with 271 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jennie is most popular
Babies named Jennie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (104 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Jennie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10,220 | #24 |
| 1890s | 11,876 | #40 |
| 1900s | 9,988 | #64 |
| 1910s | 23,068 | #73 |
| 1920s | 22,591 | #97 |
| 1930s | 9,488 | #150 |
| 1940s | 7,014 | #244 |
| 1950s | 7,587 | #288 |
| 1960s | 5,979 | #332 |
| 1970s | 7,754 | #273 |
| 1980s | 6,465 | #282 |
| 1990s | 2,836 | #585 |
| 2000s | 1,250 | #1,125 |
| 2010s | 607 | #2,456 |
| 2020s | 458 | #1,753 |
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Questions
- Is Jennie a boy or girl name?
- Jennie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jennie were girls.
- How popular is the name Jennie?
- 79 baby girls were named Jennie in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
- When was Jennie most popular?
- Jennie peaked in 1917, when 3,109 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #24 in 1880.
- How many people are named Jennie?
- 127,660 babies have been named Jennie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 38,055 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 57.
- Where is Jennie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jennie was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.