# Jenifer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jenifer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Cornish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,573 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22 / 25,551 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 156, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

See Jennifer.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 2,465 |
| 2012 | 75 | 2,463 |
| 2013 | 46 | 3,426 |
| 2014 | 36 | 4,141 |
| 2015 | 31 | 4,535 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,880 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,235 |
| 2018 | 26 | 5,070 |
| 2019 | 20 | 6,063 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,368 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,841 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,433 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,699 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5,698 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,282 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 5 | 4,313 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,122 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,486 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,398 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | 2,509 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Jenifer

- Jenifer Lewis, American actress
- Jenifer, French singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.