Jennie
Pet form of Jane and later of Jennifer. Jane descends through French from the Latin Johanna, the feminine of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan, Yahweh is gracious.
Jennie in 2025
Jennie was given to 79 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 4,162nd most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 41,966 babies born.
The history of Jennie
Jennie reached its highest point in 1917, when 3,119 babies were given the name, ranking 137th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 42nd, in 1880.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 127,660 babies have been named Jennie. Half of them were born before 1923, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Greatest Generation.
Jennie by decade
| Decade | Babies named Jennie | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10,241 | 42 |
| 1890s | 11,915 | 57 |
| 1900s | 10,033 | 85 |
| 1910s | 23,136 | 111 |
| 1920s | 22,711 | 166 |
| 1930s | 9,568 | 283 |
| 1940s | 7,046 | 439 |
| 1950s | 7,598 | 521 |
| 1960s | 5,994 | 605 |
| 1970s | 7,771 | 521 |
| 1980s | 6,496 | 539 |
| 1990s | 2,836 | 1,076 |
| 2000s | 1,250 | 1,974 |
| 2010s | 607 | 4,329 |
| 2020s | 458 | 3,240 |
Where Jennie is heading
Jennie has risen 7% over the past decade, from 74 babies in 2015 to 79 in 2025.
That is less than 5% of its 1917 peak — Jennie is now a rare name in the United States.
Names like Jennie
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Jennie.