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Jennifer
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪfɚ/
Rank in 2024
#547
Born in 2024
552
Peak year
1972 · #1
Origin
Cornish
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 552 girls were named Jennifer, about 1 in every 2,922.
- It peaked in 1972 with 63,602 babies, ranked #1.
- It first shows up in the records in 1919.
- 1,471,191 girls have been named Jennifer since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jennifer per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- 2.9Boomers1946–64
- 29.4Gen X1965–80
- 17.6Millennials1981–96
- 3.6Gen Z1997–12
- 0.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 68 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 2,834 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Boomers: 103,517 babies, 2.89 per 1,000. Gen X: 752,325 babies, 29.45 per 1,000. Millennials: 497,427 babies, 17.61 per 1,000. Gen Z: 103,482 babies, 3.56 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 11,538 babies, 0.57 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Cornish Gweniver, from Middle Cornish Gwynnever (cognate with Welsh Gwenhwyfar), from Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnohuɨβar. Doublet of Guinevere. Compare Irish Fionnabhair, which may be cognate. The /d͡ʒ/ consonantism is due to Anglo-Norman influence; compare Old French Genievre /d͡ʒəˈniɛ̯vɾə/, /d͡ʒəˈnjɛvɾə/.
- A female given name from Cornish.
- Origin
- Cornish
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪfɚ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jennifer, CC BY-SA 4.0.