# Jenni (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jenni/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,548 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,548 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 126, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern variant of Jenny.

## 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 | 32 | 4,502 |
| 2012 | 40 | 3,875 |
| 2013 | 121 | 1,718 |
| 2014 | 60 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 46 | 3,453 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,204 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,930 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,645 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,859 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,458 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,050 |
| 2022 | 28 | 4,848 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,243 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,268 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8,078 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8 | 1,995 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1,870 |
| 2002 | 10 | 1,784 |
| 2003 | 11 | 1,722 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |

## People named Jenni

- Jenni Haukio, Finnish poet and first lady of Finland (born 1977)
- Jenni Vartiainen, Finnish singer
- Jenni Screen, Australian basketball player (born 1982)
- Jenni Hiirikoski, Finnish ice hockey player
- Jenni Meno, figure skater
- Jenni Baird, Australian actress
- Jenni Vähämaa, Finnish figure skater
- Susanna Tapani, Finnish ice hockey and ringette player

## 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.