Jenny

Boy · recorded 1925–1995

  • 1995last recorded
  • 1929best year

Most popular in 1929.

Last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jenny.

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Its story

Popularity since 1925

061219251943196019781995

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 60 recorded years as a table
Jenny, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19255
19274
19285
192912
193110
19328
19336
19358
19378
193911
19408
194110
194212
194312
19447
19456
19466
19477
19485
19494
19504
19514
19523
19544
19554
19564
19574
19586
19596
19604
19614
19625
19654
19664
19675
19684
19704
197112
19726
19733
197410
19755
19767
19777
19786
19799
198010
19818
19828
19837
19847
19855
19867
19877
19889
19893
19905
19912
19943
19955

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jenny isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1995
10
Rank in 1995
#5,501
How rare
1 in 190,370 boys
Since 1925
605

Jenny was last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1929, at 12 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jenny doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.