How Many People Are Named Jennie?
people named Jennie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,313 people in the US has this name
Based on 127,660 babies named Jennie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,119 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of JENNY. Before the 20th century this spelling was more common.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jennie in English. Counting Jennie and these spellings together, about 125,359 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jennie (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jennie alive today is about 56 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 43 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jennie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 3,119 babies. In 2025, 79 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jennie never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #24, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 42 years, 1880 to 1921. In 2025 it ranked #2,309.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,309 |
| Best rank | #24 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 42 (1880 to 1921) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #81 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jennie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jennie were born in California than in any other state: about 4,813 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jennie was given 3 times as often in New Mexico, 2.1 times in Connecticut and 1.8 times in Rhode Island.
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