Jennifer

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Spanish

Meaning

Jennifer, also spelled Jenifer or Jenefer, is a feminine given name, the Cornish form of Guinevere, that became popular in the English-speaking world in the 20th century.

From Wikipedia

Jennifer first appears in the data in 1950 and has been recorded in 64 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2001 with 304 babies (rank #49 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jennifer

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

8,223
Total babies (all years)
64
Years in the data
304
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19502#24
19527#528
195310#596
195410#601
195513#553
19568#688
19577#735
195810#657
19598#720
196013#606
196114#600
196217#554
196317#566
196415#599
19654#989
196617#563
196721#523
196827#458
196955#310
197059#290
197187#209
1972101#182
1973137#129
1974132#127
1975149#111
1976131#121
197787#185
1978117#135
1979116#137
1980136#124
1981117#145
1982135#124
1983200#83
1984208#88
1985239#74
1986203#92
1987280#66
1988275#65
1989269#65
1990268#64
1991289#55
1992255#63
1993272#62
1994253#69
1995221#77
1996230#68
1997215#73
1998244#64
1999250#60
2000275#55
2001304#49
2002271#59
2003224#73
2004157#98
2005158#97
2006123#115
2007119#118
2008127#116
2009107#138
2010102#146
201192#144
201283#160
201368#176
201463#191