Jenney

Girl · recorded 1909–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1979best year

Most popular in 1979.

Last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1909

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 52 recorded years as a table
Jenney, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190914
19165
19204
19227
19245
19264
19357
19454
19483
19504
19524
19543
19553
19563
19583
19593
19603
19625
19636
19644
19656
19664
19706
19719
197213
197310
19749
197512
19768
197712
197812
197916
19807
19819
19829
19838
198410
19858
19869
19876
19886
19895
19904
19914
19924
19934
19944
19954
20013
20033
20063
20074

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jenney 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007
7
Rank in 2007
#13,924
How rare
1 in 274,659 girls
Since 1909
509

Jenney was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1979, at 16 per million girls born.

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

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