EveryBabyNames

Jenny

4 countries#1500 in United States, 2025
US
#1500
in United States, 2025
FR
#1091
in France, 2022
SCOT
696
total births, Scotland
NI
162
total births, Northern Ireland
Total births recorded
103,252
Peak year (United States)
1977
Peak-year count
2,700
First recorded
1880

Popularity across 4 countries

Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Jenny was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
United StatesFranceScotlandNorthern Ireland

Country by country

United States

92,706 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #1500 · peaked in 1977 with 2,700 births

Most common in: California, New York, Texas, Ohio, Illinois

Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data

France

9,688 births recorded 1900–2022 · currently #1091 · peaked in 1981 with 321 births

Most common in: Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Paris, Martinique, Seine-Saint-Denis

Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data

Scotland

696 births recorded 1974–2023 · peaked in 1977 with 37 births

Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data

Northern Ireland

162 births recorded 1997–2019 · peaked in 1998 with 17 births

Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data

United States rank history

Jenny’s rank among girls’ names, most recent 20 years on record.

YearRankvs. prior yr
2006#475
2007#514↓39
2008#600↓86
2009#709↓109
2010#786↓77
2011#760↑26
2012#864↓104
2013#803↑61
2014#826↓23
2015#964↓138
2016#1094↓130
2017#996↑98
2018#1111↓115
2019#1196↓85
2020#1422↓226
2021#1450↓28
2022#1381↑69
2023#1304↑77
2024#1390↓86
2025#1500↓110

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