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Jenny
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛni/
Rank in 2024
#1,388
Born in 2024
162
Peak year
1977 · #108
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 162 girls were named Jenny, about 1 in every 9,958.
- It peaked in 1977 with 2,688 babies, ranked #108.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 91,956 girls have been named Jenny since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jenny per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.5Boomers1946–64
- 1.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.9Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,821 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Silent: 3,974 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Boomers: 17,076 babies, 0.48 per 1,000. Gen X: 30,056 babies, 1.18 per 1,000. Millennials: 24,806 babies, 0.88 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10,116 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,664 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Jen + -y, historically as a hypocoristic form of Janet, Jane, etc. but now more often used as a diminutive of Jennifer. Rarely also a nickname of Genevieve (compare Genny, pronounced the same), Eugenia or Virginia (compare Ginny). Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in derivations from Jane etc. In senses related to inanimate objects, partially derived from the generic senses of Jane and partially an informal pronunciation of engine.
- A female given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒɛni/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jenny, CC BY-SA 4.0.