Jenny is a familiar variant of Jean that peaked in 1977 and has since faded.
Jenny is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,503 for girl births in the United States (and #2,801 across all names), given to 142 babies. Jenny was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1977 (2,688 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | 142 | #1,503 | — |
| 2024 | 162 | 162 | #1,392 | — |
| 2023 | 174 | 174 | #1,306 | — |
| 2022 | 166 | 166 | #1,382 | — |
| 2021 | 148 | 148 | #1,454 | — |
| 2020 | 153 | 153 | #1,428 | — |
| 2019 | 196 | 196 | #1,196 | — |
| 2018 | 220 | 220 | #1,113 | — |
| 2017 | 260 | 260 | #997 | — |
| 2016 | 235 | 235 | #1,095 | — |
| 2015 | 281 | 281 | #967 | — |
| 2014 | 335 | 335 | #827 | — |
| 2013 | 337 | 337 | #804 | — |
| 2012 | 308 | 313 | #864 | — |
| 2011 | 362 | 362 | #761 | — |
| 2010 | 350 | 350 | #787 | — |
| 2009 | 406 | 406 | #709 | — |
| 2008 | 512 | 517 | #600 | — |
| 2007 | 616 | 621 | #514 | — |
| 2006 | 667 | 672 | #476 | — |
| 2005 | 613 | 613 | #498 | — |
| 2004 | 685 | 695 | #447 | — |
| 2003 | 709 | 709 | #424 | — |
| 2002 | 840 | 846 | #354 | — |
| 2001 | 810 | 819 | #367 | — |
| 2000 | 828 | 839 | #361 | — |
| 1999 | 758 | 768 | #378 | — |
| 1998 | 778 | 792 | #369 | — |
| 1997 | 874 | — | #327 | — |
| 1996 | 1,012 | — | #285 | — |
| 1995 | 989 | — | #284 | #5,685 |
| 1994 | 987 | — | #282 | #9,472 |
| 1993 | 1,019 | — | #270 | — |
| 1992 | 1,140 | — | #246 | — |
| 1991 | 1,268 | — | #225 | #8,803 |
| 1990 | 1,348 | — | #214 | #4,825 |
| 1989 | 1,295 | — | #206 | #7,399 |
| 1988 | 1,419 | — | #195 | #3,021 |
| 1987 | 1,714 | — | #165 | #3,617 |
| 1986 | 1,645 | — | #167 | #3,535 |
| 1985 | 1,822 | — | #157 | #4,188 |
| 1984 | 2,148 | — | #136 | #3,359 |
| 1983 | 2,260 | — | #132 | #3,315 |
| 1982 | 2,469 | — | #121 | #3,190 |
| 1981 | 2,416 | — | #123 | #3,121 |
| 1980 | 2,663 | — | #117 | #2,666 |
| 1979 | 2,643 | — | #120 | #2,834 |
| 1978 | 2,627 | — | #111 | #3,715 |
| 1977 | 2,700 | — | #108 | #3,283 |
| 1976 | 2,436 | — | #109 | #3,368 |
| 1975 | 2,072 | — | #135 | #4,107 |
| 1974 | 2,146 | — | #131 | #2,605 |
| 1973 | 2,071 | — | #139 | #5,441 |
| 1972 | 2,645 | — | #119 | #3,470 |
| 1971 | 2,260 | — | #142 | #2,009 |
| 1970 | 1,416 | — | #224 | #4,030 |
| 1969 | 1,040 | — | #274 | — |
| 1968 | 863 | — | #303 | #3,505 |
| 1967 | 775 | — | #312 | #3,103 |
| 1966 | 866 | — | #294 | #3,106 |
| 1965 | 995 | — | #275 | #3,104 |
| 1964 | 1,146 | — | #264 | — |
| 1963 | 1,302 | — | #242 | — |
| 1962 | 1,406 | — | #230 | #2,755 |
| 1961 | 1,258 | — | #250 | #2,993 |
| 1960 | 1,360 | — | #235 | #2,964 |
| 1959 | 1,287 | — | #242 | #2,473 |
| 1958 | 1,216 | — | #250 | #2,314 |
| 1957 | 1,125 | — | #256 | #3,138 |
| 1956 | 767 | — | #318 | #3,079 |
| 1955 | 767 | — | #311 | #3,087 |
| 1954 | 836 | — | #294 | #2,844 |
| 1953 | 756 | — | #298 | — |
| 1952 | 783 | — | #290 | #3,546 |
| 1951 | 668 | — | #306 | #2,945 |
| 1950 | 576 | — | #322 | #3,173 |
| 1949 | 543 | — | #337 | #3,144 |
| 1948 | 474 | — | #365 | #2,893 |
| 1947 | 546 | — | #345 | #2,204 |
| 1946 | 405 | — | #384 | #2,614 |
| 1945 | 309 | — | #413 | #2,656 |
| 1944 | 307 | — | #419 | #2,385 |
| 1943 | 310 | — | #430 | #1,800 |
| 1942 | 289 | — | #442 | #1,834 |
| 1941 | 259 | — | #437 | #2,138 |
| 1940 | 247 | — | #442 | #2,573 |
| 1939 | 185 | — | #510 | #2,117 |
| 1938 | 197 | — | #473 | — |
| 1937 | 184 | — | #498 | #2,779 |
| 1936 | 174 | — | #490 | — |
| 1935 | 194 | — | #467 | #2,820 |
| 1934 | 156 | — | #517 | — |
| 1933 | 225 | — | #435 | #3,461 |
| 1932 | 207 | — | #462 | #2,977 |
| 1931 | 232 | — | #434 | #2,561 |
| 1930 | 235 | — | #438 | — |
| 1929 | 216 | — | #468 | #2,257 |
| 1928 | 190 | — | #507 | #4,439 |
| 1927 | 227 | — | #468 | #4,487 |
| 1926 | 211 | — | #477 | — |
| 1925 | 207 | — | #494 | #3,953 |
| 1924 | 212 | — | #480 | — |
| 1923 | 189 | — | #508 | — |
| 1922 | 174 | — | #537 | — |
| 1921 | 178 | — | #536 | — |
| 1920 | 188 | — | #507 | — |
| 1919 | 146 | — | #574 | — |
| 1918 | 142 | — | #599 | — |
| 1917 | 131 | — | #597 | — |
| 1916 | 136 | — | #575 | — |
| 1915 | 106 | — | #641 | — |
| 1914 | 84 | — | #629 | — |
| 1913 | 80 | — | #571 | — |
| 1912 | 72 | — | #569 | — |
| 1911 | 41 | — | #679 | — |
| 1910 | 41 | — | #669 | — |
| 1909 | 39 | — | #630 | — |
| 1908 | 35 | — | #657 | — |
| 1907 | 45 | — | #541 | — |
| 1906 | 35 | — | #604 | — |
| 1905 | 18 | — | #886 | — |
| 1904 | 16 | — | #920 | — |
| 1903 | 29 | — | #616 | — |
| 1902 | 24 | — | #702 | — |
| 1901 | 26 | — | #620 | — |
| 1900 | 39 | — | #546 | — |
| 1899 | 27 | — | #601 | — |
| 1898 | 25 | — | #655 | — |
| 1897 | 23 | — | #651 | — |
| 1896 | 29 | — | #570 | — |
| 1895 | 23 | — | #650 | — |
| 1894 | 25 | — | #589 | — |
| 1893 | 24 | — | #587 | — |
| 1892 | 27 | — | #532 | — |
| 1891 | 17 | — | #651 | — |
| 1890 | 17 | — | #655 | — |
| 1889 | 20 | — | #582 | — |
| 1888 | 24 | — | #518 | — |
| 1887 | 18 | — | #529 | — |
| 1886 | 16 | — | #562 | — |
| 1885 | 17 | — | #529 | — |
| 1884 | 17 | — | #512 | — |
| 1883 | 11 | — | #598 | — |
| 1882 | 16 | — | #468 | — |
| 1881 | 15 | — | #439 | — |
| 1880 | 13 | — | #480 | — |