NameTides

Jennifer

Jennifer was the #586 girls' name in the US in 2025 (501 babies), and #650 in England & Wales and #896 in Canada.

Jennifer as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Jennifer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSEngland & WalesCanada
Jennifer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#586 (501)#650 (59)——#413 (9)#896 (31)—
2024#544 (556)#483 (83)#384 (8)—#342 (11)#753 (39)—
2023#520 (586)#569 (68)#482 (6)—#316 (12)#789 (35)—
2022#501 (630)#457 (92)#760 (3)#354 (4)#338 (12)#615 (46)—
2021#493 (638)#469 (91)#485 (6)—#464 (8)#746 (39)—
2020#431 (713)#430 (99)#471 (6)—#495 (7)#576 (50)—
2019#390 (788)#355 (124)#267 (14)—#284 (16)#514 (62)—
2018#344 (921)#303 (157)#301 (12)#361 (4)#244 (19)#525 (59)—
2017#309 (1,052)#257 (193)#237 (18)—#211 (24)#427 (77)—
2016#272 (1,162)#246 (205)#223 (19)#353 (4)#148 (38)#400 (86)—
2015#251 (1,286)#224 (230)#156 (29)#269 (6)#180 (31)#381 (90)—
2014#222 (1,521)#217 (237)#222 (21)#278 (6)#184 (29)#288 (115)—
2013#192 (1,692)#226 (222)#177 (26)#255 (7)#136 (45)#312 (105)—
2012#164 (1,928)#196 (254)#179 (25)#187 (10)#157 (37)#247 (137)—
2011#134 (2,281)#175 (301)#116 (40)#224 (8)#120 (53)#260 (126)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1974 at #1.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1919.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 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 3,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jennifer is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,100 to 1 in 3,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jennifer by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #575ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #533NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #396INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #487PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #442CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #560NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #559TXFlorida: #555FL
Jennifer (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#70817
Quebec2025#7745

Jennifer (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
JenniferCanadaGirls#89631
JenniferCanadaBoys—too few
JenniferEngland & WalesGirls#65059
JenniferIrelandGirls#4139
JenniferNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JenniferNSWGirls—too few
JenniferScotlandGirls—too few
JenniferUSGirls#586501
JenniferUSBoys—too few