How Many People Are Named Jennings?
people named Jennings are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 131,759 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,192 babies named Jennings in Social Security records from 1892 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
116 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jennings, 12% were girls and 88% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Jennings rose from 0% in the 1890s to 22% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jennings alive today is about 32 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jennings first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 2021, to 116 babies. In 2025, 101 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jennings has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #247, in 1897. In 2025 it ranked #1,841.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,841 |
| Best rank | #247 (1897) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #670 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jennings alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jennings were born in West Virginia than in any other state: about 157 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jennings was given 26.7 times as often in West Virginia, 6 times in North Carolina and 5.2 times in South Carolina.
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