Jennie

Jennie was the #2,298 girls' name in the US in 2025 (79 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales.

Jennie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jennie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Jennie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#2,298 (79)#2,788 (9)————
2024#1,753 (115)#4,193 (5)———#1,833 (12)
2023#2,336 (78)#3,219 (7)———#2,027 (10)
2022#2,579 (68)#5,670 (3)———#3,228 (5)
2021#2,848 (59)#2,341 (11)———#2,185 (9)
2020#2,779 (59)#3,117 (7)———#1,877 (11)
2019#2,593 (67)————#3,266 (5)
2018#3,438 (45)#3,985 (5)———#2,892 (6)
2017#3,192 (50)#3,583 (6)————
2016#3,280 (49)#3,214 (7)————
2015#2,456 (74)#3,615 (6)————
2014#2,781 (62)#3,160 (7)———#2,617 (7)
2013#2,769 (62)#4,739 (4)———#2,058 (10)
2012#2,805 (62)#3,285 (7)——#907 (3)#2,338 (8)
2011#2,763 (63)#3,185 (7)———#1,761 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #24.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jennie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,900 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jennie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,111CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Jennie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Jennie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JennieCanadaGirls—too few
JennieEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
JennieIrelandGirls—too few
JennieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JennieScotlandGirls—too few
JennieUSGirls#2,29879
JennieUSBoys—too few