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Jennifer

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪfɚ/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1975 · #535
Origin
Cornish
Also recorded for girls:552 in 2024 (#547)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Jennifer in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1975 with 225 babies, ranked #535.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1946.
  • 4,837 boys 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.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 217 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,448 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,867 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 293 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12 babies, 0.00 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.