Jency
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Meaning & Origin of Jency
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jensy Gregory, also known mononymously as Jensy, is an Indian playback singer who has worked with composers like Ilaiyaraaja in Tamil films.
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The Story of Jency
Jency first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1909, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1988: 12 births, good for #6,277 nationwide. About 25% of every Jency on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Jency last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 234 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jency
Jency is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1909 and has accumulated 234 births in the dataset. Jency's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #6,277. Use the chart and map above to compare Jency's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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