Jennings
Jennings was the 1841st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 86 babies. Its best year was 1897, when it ranked 247th; the most babies were born in 1926 (113). Over the last ten years it has moved up 897 places. More babies were named Jennings in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,841 boys, up 169 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 86boys
- Girls and boys
- 22% girls, 78% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1926113 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,192babies recorded
Jennings popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,283 | #1,841 | 15 | 86 |
| 2020 | #5,553 | #2,010 | 22 | 71 |
| 2010 | #12,812 | #3,856 | 8 | 27 |
| 2000 | #13,926 | #4,677 | 6 | 16 |
| 1990 | — | #3,861 | — | 15 |
| 1980 | — | #2,779 | — | 17 |
| 1970 | — | #2,168 | — | 18 |
| 1960 | — | #1,388 | — | 33 |
| 1950 | — | #1,211 | — | 36 |
| 1940 | — | #975 | — | 44 |
| 1930 | — | #878 | — | 57 |
| 1920 | — | #651 | — | 95 |
| 1910 | — | #1,080 | — | 10 |
| 1900 | — | #407 | — | 31 |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Jennings, counting every spelling?
Jennings has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Jennings?
86 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jennings (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jennings born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 98 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jennings.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jennings?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Jennings are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 7 and 65. That makes Jennings mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jennings by state
How common Jennings was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (3.0×), Georgia (2.5×), North Carolina (1.7×). In 41 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Jennings
How popular is the name Jennings?
Jennings was the 1841st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 86 babies. Its best year was 1897, when it ranked 247th; the most babies were born in 1926 (113). Over the last ten years it has moved up 897 places. More babies were named Jennings in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Jennings a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 22% girls, 78% boys given the name Jennings in the US.
Where is Jennings most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jennings was most common in West Virginia (0.18 per 1,000 boys), followed by Tennessee and Georgia.