Jenny

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

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 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 106 babies (rank #169 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,763
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
106
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
195263#225
195377#189
195452#258
195583#185
195684#188
195783#192
195889#188
195990#191
196092#188
1961106#169
1962100#183
196370#239
196474#224
196580#215
196664#252
196768#233
196861#272
196973#243
197061#286
197168#255
197271#235
197359#243
197462#238
197567#219
197690#177
197760#233
197869#220
197982#194
1980102#167
198193#174
198288#177
198388#177
198482#194
198577#205
198663#235
198787#194
198882#193
198970#233
199064#253
199158#266
199262#257
199357#271
199453#290
199551#294
199643#325
199744#336
199847#310
199937#365
200046#313
200140#338
200230#424
200327#448
200421#500
200525#432
200615#579
200717#539
200819#509
200917#522
201013#594
201110#659
201212#578
201315#502
201410#606