# Jennings (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jennings/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,192 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,878 / 314 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 | 8 | 12,686 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,015 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,325 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,392 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,571 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,177 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,237 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,332 |
| 2019 | 21 | 5,877 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,553 |
| 2021 | 26 | 5,019 |
| 2022 | 25 | 5,234 |
| 2023 | 23 | 5,466 |
| 2024 | 26 | 5,075 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,283 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,940 |
| 2012 | 24 | 4,196 |
| 2013 | 50 | 2,480 |
| 2014 | 28 | 3,731 |
| 2015 | 44 | 2,738 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,194 |
| 2017 | 50 | 2,545 |
| 2018 | 85 | 1,800 |
| 2019 | 85 | 1,809 |
| 2020 | 71 | 2,010 |
| 2021 | 90 | 1,776 |
| 2022 | 81 | 1,927 |
| 2023 | 78 | 1,977 |
| 2024 | 80 | 1,966 |
| 2025 | 86 | 1,841 |

## People named Jennings

- William Jennings Bryan, American politician (1860–1925)
- Jennings Randolph, American politician (1902–1998)
- Mary Jennings Hegar, American Air Force veteran, politician, author
- Edmund Randolph, American attorney (1753-1813)
- Tennessee Ernie Ford, American recording artist and television host notable for his bass-baritone voice (1919–19
- Jacob Brown, American general in the War of 1812
- H. J. Rose, British classical philologist (1883-1961)

## 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.