Jenny

Primarily a girl's name · 99% 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

Jenny 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 1977 with 2,688 babies (rank #108 that year). In 2024 it was given to 162 girls (rank #1,388). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jenny

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

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.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.

92,561

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

2,688

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Outlander: Jenny Murray — Jamie's sister
In Gossip Girl: Jenny Humphrey — fashion-obsessed younger sister

Famous people named Jenny

Jenny Slatestand-up comedian · b. 1982
Jenny Lindmusic educator · b. 1820
Jenny Agutterfilm actor · b. 1952
Jenny von Westphalensociologist · b. 1814
Jenny Erpenbecktelevision editor · b. 1967

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	13	#480
1881	15	#439
1882	16	#468
1883	11	#598
1884	17	#512
1885	17	#529
1886	16	#562
1887	18	#529
1888	24	#518
1889	20	#582
1890	17	#655
1891	17	#651
1892	27	#532
1893	24	#587
1894	25	#589
1895	23	#650
1896	29	#570
1897	23	#651
1898	25	#655
1899	27	#601
1900	39	#546
1901	26	#620
1902	24	#702
1903	29	#616
1904	16	#920
1905	18	#886
1906	35	#604
1907	45	#541
1908	35	#657
1909	39	#630
1910	41	#669
1911	41	#679
1912	72	#569
1913	80	#571
1914	84	#629
1915	106	#641
1916	136	#575
1917	131	#597
1918	142	#599
1919	146	#574
1920	188	#507
1921	178	#536
1922	174	#537
1923	189	#508
1924	212	#480
1925	201	#494
1926	211	#477
1927	222	#468
1928	185	#507
1929	203	#468
1930	235	#438
1931	222	#434
1932	199	#462
1933	219	#435
1934	156	#517
1935	186	#467
1936	174	#490
1937	176	#498
1938	197	#473
1939	173	#510
1940	238	#442
1941	247	#437
1942	273	#442
1943	293	#430
1944	296	#419
1945	302	#409
1946	396	#384
1947	533	#345
1948	466	#365
1949	536	#337
1950	568	#322
1951	660	#306
1952	777	#290
1953	756	#298
1954	827	#294
1955	759	#311
1956	759	#318
1957	1,117	#256
1958	1,203	#250
1959	1,275	#242
1960	1,351	#235
1961	1,249	#250
1962	1,396	#230
1963	1,302	#242
1964	1,146	#264
1965	987	#275
1966	858	#294
1967	767	#312
1968	856	#303
1969	1,040	#274
1970	1,409	#224
1971	2,239	#142
1972	2,636	#119
1973	2,066	#139
1974	2,131	#131
1975	2,064	#135
1976	2,425	#109
1977	2,688	#108
1978	2,617	#111
1979	2,627	#120
1980	2,646	#117
1981	2,401	#123
1982	2,455	#121
1983	2,247	#132
1984	2,136	#136
1985	1,812	#157
1986	1,632	#167
1987	1,701	#165
1988	1,401	#195
1989	1,289	#206
1990	1,337	#214
1991	1,263	#225
1992	1,140	#246
1993	1,019	#270
1994	982	#282
1995	979	#284
1996	1,012	#285
1997	874	#327
1998	778	#369
1999	758	#378
2000	828	#361
2001	810	#367
2002	840	#354
2003	709	#424
2004	685	#447
2005	613	#498
2006	667	#476
2007	616	#514
2008	512	#600
2009	406	#709
2010	350	#787
2011	362	#761
2012	308	#864
2013	336	#804
2014	336	#824
2015	281	#967
2016	235	#1,094
2017	260	#997
2018	220	#1,113
2019	196	#1,196
2020	153	#1,426
2021	146	#1,468
2022	165	#1,388
2023	174	#1,306
2024	162	#1,388