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Jenifer Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Jenifer?

In 2018 the rare name Jenifer, ranked the 5,029th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Jenifer is currently less popular.

Position 272, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1973.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1974 with 922 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Jenifer in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1936.

Jenifer, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1938-1946, 1947-1961, and 1965-1972, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1985-1988, 1990-1993, and 2008-2017.

Sometimes the name Jenifer has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Jenifer has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Jenifer has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jenifer?

Jenifer's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Jenifer is very unique and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Jenifer has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Jenifer (Girl)Jenifer (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 26 5,029 < 5 --
2017 16 7,214 < 5 --
2016 22 5,869 < 5 --
2015 31 4,524 < 5 --
2014 36 4,134 < 5 --
2013 46 3,423 < 5 --
2012 75 2,460 < 5 --
2011 74 2,463 < 5 --
2010 121 1,724 < 5 --
2009 142 1,584 < 5 --
2008 227 1,133 < 5 --
2007 250 1,049 < 5 --
2006 258 1,002 < 5 --
2005 298 849 < 5 --
2004 308 815 < 5 --
2003 353 724 < 5 --
2002 354 707 < 5 --
2001 311 767 < 5 --
2000 326 711 < 5 --
1999 355 650 < 5 --
1998 279 773 < 5 --
1997 299 720 < 5 --
1996 242 829 < 5 --
1995 291 713 < 5 --
1994 289 718 < 5 --
1993 262 784 < 5 --
1992 328 671 < 5 --
1991 360 626 < 5 --
1990 357 626 < 5 --
1989 357 601 6 7,397
1988 381 560 < 5 --
1987 447 481 5 7,482
1986 455 470 < 5 --
1985 606 374 6 6,120
1984 607 376 < 5 --
1983 647 349 < 5 --
1982 722 334 < 5 --
1981 706 336 < 5 --
1980 724 333 < 5 --
1979 714 328 < 5 --
1978 763 305 < 5 --
1977 814 292 < 5 --
1976 773 296 < 5 --
1975 838 287 < 5 --
1974 922 278 < 5 --
1973 913 272 < 5 --
1972 913 282 < 5 --
1971 782 333 < 5 --
1970 736 347 < 5 --
1969 572 395 < 5 --
1968 487 430 < 5 --
1967 305 538 < 5 --
1966 331 519 < 5 --
1965 341 516 < 5 --
1964 326 548 5 4,306
1963 294 573 < 5 --
1962 308 557 < 5 --
1961 287 593 < 5 --
1960 240 656 < 5 --
1959 208 696 < 5 --
1958 234 643 < 5 --
1957 162 794 < 5 --
1956 147 818 < 5 --
1955 106 961 < 5 --
1954 106 936 < 5 --
1953 118 866 < 5 --
1952 87 1,009 < 5 --
1951 88 999 < 5 --
1950 88 963 < 5 --
1949 71 1,066 < 5 --
1948 68 1,076 < 5 --
1947 50 1,292 < 5 --
1946 61 1,093 < 5 --
1945 46 1,162 < 5 --
1944 26 1,633 < 5 --
1943 19 2,034 < 5 --
1942 28 1,575 < 5 --
1941 17 2,048 < 5 --
1940 13 2,354 < 5 --
1939 14 2,247 < 5 --
1938 6 4,061 < 5 --
1937 6 4,014 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.