Jennie

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Jenny is a female given name. The name was originally the diminutive form of Jane, but it is now associated with Jennifer. It may also be spelt Jennie, which was the most common spelling before the 20th century.

From Wikipedia

Jennie first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1917 with 3,109 babies (rank #81 that year). In 2024 it was given to 115 girls (rank #1,751). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Jennie

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jennie yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

127,581

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

3,109

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Jennie

Jennierecording artist · b. 1996
Jennie Garthfilm actor · b. 1972

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	793	#24
1881	784	#26
1882	934	#27
1883	904	#27
1884	1,063	#29
1885	1,045	#33
1886	1,100	#34
1887	1,047	#38
1888	1,298	#37
1889	1,252	#39
1890	1,259	#41
1891	1,238	#40
1892	1,212	#48
1893	1,273	#45
1894	1,210	#51
1895	1,177	#53
1896	1,178	#53
1897	1,074	#56
1898	1,194	#57
1899	1,061	#57
1900	1,204	#64
1901	898	#69
1902	985	#69
1903	936	#71
1904	964	#74
1905	981	#76
1906	986	#74
1907	998	#78
1908	1,038	#78
1909	998	#83
1910	1,183	#81
1911	1,161	#85
1912	1,595	#81
1913	1,809	#80
1914	2,225	#77
1915	3,015	#73
1916	3,010	#79
1917	3,109	#81
1918	3,033	#91
1919	2,928	#93
1920	2,808	#97
1921	2,889	#99
1922	2,670	#105
1923	2,542	#107
1924	2,495	#111
1925	2,263	#121
1926	2,013	#132
1927	1,851	#135
1928	1,642	#143
1929	1,418	#152
1930	1,352	#152
1931	1,288	#150
1932	1,190	#163
1933	1,000	#175
1934	944	#186
1935	846	#201
1936	798	#206
1937	707	#229
1938	681	#241
1939	682	#237
1940	662	#247
1941	711	#244
1942	728	#254
1943	703	#264
1944	650	#270
1945	636	#272
1946	716	#271
1947	731	#288
1948	714	#287
1949	763	#279
1950	735	#288
1951	743	#289
1952	796	#289
1953	763	#295
1954	784	#301
1955	711	#322
1956	697	#331
1957	784	#327
1958	826	#323
1959	748	#351
1960	807	#332
1961	683	#365
1962	688	#360
1963	672	#373
1964	602	#398
1965	563	#391
1966	534	#395
1967	441	#454
1968	507	#415
1969	482	#438
1970	600	#391
1971	815	#324
1972	864	#290
1973	775	#301
1974	691	#322
1975	707	#322
1976	802	#286
1977	842	#286
1978	843	#274
1979	815	#294
1980	875	#282
1981	828	#294
1982	835	#293
1983	714	#325
1984	665	#345
1985	585	#389
1986	578	#396
1987	466	#467
1988	470	#483
1989	449	#518
1990	394	#586
1991	372	#606
1992	352	#641
1993	323	#676
1994	299	#700
1995	264	#767
1996	242	#829
1997	217	#920
1998	177	#1,093
1999	196	#1,039
2000	181	#1,131
2001	166	#1,220
2002	143	#1,358
2003	133	#1,469
2004	128	#1,550
2005	120	#1,659
2006	111	#1,837
2007	89	#2,221
2008	91	#2,194
2009	88	#2,234
2010	73	#2,524
2011	63	#2,779
2012	62	#2,818
2013	62	#2,785
2014	62	#2,794
2015	74	#2,460
2016	49	#3,301
2017	50	#3,215
2018	45	#3,459
2019	67	#2,613
2020	59	#2,797
2021	59	#2,864
2022	68	#2,590
2023	78	#2,342
2024	115	#1,751