Jenifer Girl
How popular is Jenifer?
#7,131 girl name in 2025
15 baby girls were named Jenifer in the US in 2025, making it the 7131st most popular girl name.
Jenifer popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #7,131 for girls (▼ 1519 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 15 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,487 in 2015, #7,208 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1974 (923 girls) |
| Highest rank | #271 in 1973 |
| First recorded | 1933 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jenifer counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jennifer family of names ranked #550 for girls in 2025 (#504 the year before), with 522 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jenifer is most popular
Babies named Jenifer per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Jenifer by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 39 | #2,206 |
| 1940s | 399 | #1,063 |
| 1950s | 1,344 | #643 |
| 1960s | 3,491 | #395 |
| 1970s | 8,169 | #271 |
| 1980s | 5,653 | #333 |
| 1990s | 3,061 | #622 |
| 2000s | 2,828 | #706 |
| 2010s | 467 | #1,720 |
| 2020s | 100 | #5,612 |
Girl names about as popular as Jenifer
Questions
- Is Jenifer a boy or girl name?
- Jenifer is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jenifer were girls.
- How popular is the name Jenifer?
- 15 baby girls were named Jenifer in the US in 2025, making it the 7131st most popular girl name.
- When was Jenifer most popular?
- Jenifer peaked in 1974, when 923 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #271 in 1973.
- How many people are named Jenifer?
- 25,573 babies have been named Jenifer in the US since 1880. We estimate about 24,142 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 47.
- Where is Jenifer most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jenifer was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.