Boy or Girl

Is Jenni a boy or girl name?

Jenni is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 19 girls and 0 boys were named Jenni, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 5,535 US babies named Jenni were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#6,244
Babies named Jenni since 1945
5,535
Most popular year
1972
204 babies
Babies named Jenni each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Jenni from 1945 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.0751502253001960198020002020

Boys and girls named Jenni, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1940s051100%
1950s0277100%
1960s0663100%
1970s01,499100%
1980s01,533100%
1990s0596100%
2000s0412100%
2010s0406100%
2020s098100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–19#6,244
20230–13#8,235
20220–28#4,845
20210–20#6,044
20200–18#6,457
20190–9#10,856
20180–18#6,645
20170–21#5,930
20160–26#5,203
20150–46#3,452
20140–60#2,862
20130–121#1,718
20120–40#3,874
20110–32#4,499
20100–33#4,447
20090–47#3,481
20080–46#3,546
20070–47#3,502
20060–44#3,586
20050–40#3,677
20040–41#3,594
20030–43#3,383
20020–43#3,264
20010–34#3,821
20000–27#4,466
19990–43#3,066
19980–43#2,987
19970–43#2,846
19960–61#2,216
19950–45#2,700
19940–45#2,720
19930–66#2,079
19920–82#1,779
19910–78#1,826
19900–90#1,647
19890–109#1,388
19880–112#1,296
19870–126#1,167
19860–135#1,099
19850–160#965
19840–182#847
19830–184#832
19820–192#819
19810–163#922
19800–170#895
19790–166#898
19780–155#915
19770–156#908
19760–131#973
19750–124#992
19740–137#921
19730–160#822
19720–204#709
19710–175#803
19700–91#1,230
19690–77#1,283
19680–71#1,316
19670–52#1,570
19660–49#1,608
19650–60#1,430
19640–77#1,258
19630–65#1,377
19620–89#1,161
19610–66#1,383
19600–57#1,461
19590–64#1,342
19580–38#1,776
19570–52#1,479
19560–27#2,125
19550–23#2,302
19540–16#2,824
19530–16#2,741
19520–14#2,979
19510–12#3,190
19500–15#2,712
19490–12#3,074
19480–9#3,716
19470–11#3,340
19460–13#2,799
19450–6#4,257

Highest rank

Jenni has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #709 in 1972. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Jenni

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.