Jennie
Jenny is a female given name. The name was originally the diminutive form of Jane, but it is now associated with Jennifer. It may also be spelt Jennie, which was the most common spelling before the 20th century.
- English
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Jennie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jenny is a female given name. The name was originally the diminutive form of Jane, but it is now associated with Jennifer. It may also be spelt Jennie, which was the most common spelling before the 20th century.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Swedish
The Story of Jennie
Jennie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 793 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 3,109 births, good for #81 nationwide. As of 2026, Jennie ranks #1,756 for baby girls with 116 births, rising sharply (+74% over the past five years). All told, over 127K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jennie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jennie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Jennie
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Jenny Agutter (born 1952), English actress
- Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922–1946), German concentration camp guard
- Jenny Beavan (born 1950), English costume designer
- Jenny Berggren (born 1972), Swedish singer
- Jenny Berrigan (born 1983), American snowboarder
- Jenny Berthelius (1923–2019), Swedish crime novelist and children's writer
- Jennie Bimson (born 1976), English field hockey player
- Jennie M. Bingham (1859–1933), American author and littérateur
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Names that sound like Jennie
Phonetically similar names — useful when Jennie is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Jennie
Jennie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 127K births in the dataset. Jennie's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #24. Use the chart and map above to compare Jennie'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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