How Many People Are Named Jenny?
people named Jenny are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,232 people in the US has this name
Based on 92,706 babies named Jenny in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,700 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Originally a medieval English diminutive of JANE. Since the middle of the 20th century it has been primarily considered a diminutive of JENNIFER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jenny in English. Counting Jenny and these spellings together, about 125,359 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jenny, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jenny alive today is about 45 years old, and 63% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 55 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jenny first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1977, to 2,700 babies. In 2025, 142 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jenny has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #108, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #1,503.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,503 |
| Best rank | #108 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #132 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jenny alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jenny were born in California than in any other state: about 13,110 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jenny was given 1.9 times as often in Utah, 1.4 times in California and 1.4 times in Idaho.
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