Baby name

Jennifer

Girl

Origin of the name

Jennifer comes from the Welsh Gwenhwyfar, the name of Guinevere, queen and wife of King Arthur in legend. Its first element, gwen, means “white.”

Short-lived name

The high point came in 1972, with 63,600 births and the No. 1 spot that year. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 586. 40% of all babies named Jennifer since 1880 were born in the 1970s.

1,471,703births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 1rank at its peak, in 1972

Where babies named Jennifer are born

1972

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The darker the blue, the more common Jennifer is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Jennifer is most common in New Hampshire (1.5 times), Wyoming (1.4) and Vermont (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Jenifer 25,551
Jenniffer 2,878
Jennyfer 1,809
Jennefer 1,498
Gennifer 1,166
Jennafer 1,080

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