Is Jennings a boy or girl name?
Jennings is used for both, more often for boys in the US. In 2024, 25 girls and 80 boys were named Jennings, so 23.8% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 5.9% of the 5,090 US babies named Jennings were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,957
- Girl rank, 2024
- #5,195
- Babies named Jennings since 1892
- 5,090
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 116 babies
Boys and girls named Jennings, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 159 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 107 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 462 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 893 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930s | 600 | 0 | 0% |
| 1940s | 497 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 339 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 223 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 151 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 164 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990s | 155 | 27 | 14.8% |
| 2000s | 161 | 17 | 9.6% |
| 2010s | 481 | 133 | 21.7% |
| 2020s | 400 | 121 | 23.2% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 80 | #1,957 | 25 | #5,195 |
| 2023 | 78 | #1,976 | 23 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 81 | #1,925 | 25 | #5,230 |
| 2021 | 90 | #1,776 | 26 | #5,017 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,009 | 22 | #5,552 |
| 2019 | 85 | #1,808 | 21 | #5,876 |
| 2018 | 85 | #1,800 | 13 | #8,331 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,545 | 16 | #7,235 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,193 | 14 | #8,175 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,738 | 19 | #6,569 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,730 | 9 | #11,389 |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,479 | 14 | #8,325 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,194 | 11 | #10,014 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,940 | 8 | #12,686 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,856 | 8 | #12,811 |
| 2009 | 19 | #5,017 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,457 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,774 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,426 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 13 | #6,021 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,957 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,186 | 5 | #16,873 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,298 | 6 | #14,380 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,505 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,676 | 6 | #13,926 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,902 | 7 | #11,912 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,915 | 6 | #13,135 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,445 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #6,212 | 7 | #11,060 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,640 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,164 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,565 | 7 | #11,067 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,398 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,920 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,861 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,380 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,428 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,266 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,831 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,548 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,356 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,528 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 15 | #3,032 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,959 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,779 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,248 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,724 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,720 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,881 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,492 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,606 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,929 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,481 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,503 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,169 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,177 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,807 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,290 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 16 | #2,001 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,693 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,824 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,525 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,783 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,354 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,389 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,347 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,464 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 28 | #1,499 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,463 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,299 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 26 | #1,514 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,145 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,007 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,360 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,211 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,067 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,054 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 56 | #948 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,106 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 58 | #823 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 48 | #925 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 54 | #911 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 54 | #904 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 54 | #861 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 44 | #975 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 59 | #797 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 72 | #721 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 45 | #935 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 65 | #751 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 54 | #854 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 66 | #757 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 60 | #793 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 59 | #832 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 63 | #792 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 57 | #878 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 73 | #739 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 78 | #726 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 91 | #673 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 113 | #590 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 101 | #632 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 88 | #698 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 104 | #627 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 64 | #860 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 86 | #700 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 95 | #651 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 60 | #856 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 72 | #769 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 57 | #851 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 71 | #712 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 58 | #799 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 46 | #782 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 48 | #645 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 27 | #866 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 13 | #952 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,080 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,214 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 12 | #802 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 15 | #685 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 10 | #824 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,328 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,020 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 9 | #826 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 11 | #663 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 31 | #407 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 17 | #466 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 28 | #369 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 50 | #247 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 40 | #291 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 9 | #766 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,169 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,119 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,162 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Jennings reached #247 in 1897. As a girl name, it reached #5,017 in 2021. 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 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Jennings
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.