Names / Girl names
Jennifer
Current rank
#586
and easing
All-time peak
#1
in 1972
First recorded
1919
in U.S. data
Children named
1.5 million
since 1919
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1 in 1972 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
A girls' name, Jennifer first appears in 1919. Its strongest year was 1972, at #1 nationally. Today it sits at #586 and is slowly cooling. Over 1.5 million have carried it since records began.