Jenifer

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jenifer: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jenifer: Recorded since 1966, its highest recorded position is #315, and it stood at #5,687 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#315highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#1802
1998	#1571
1999	#1970
2000	#3247
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2003	#1722
2004	#2278
2005	#2438
2006	#2509
2007	#2895
2008	#2292
2009	#3936
2010	#3533
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2014	#4684
2015	#3615
2016	#4763
2017	#3229
2018	#4684
2021	#4634
2022	#2888
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 19 of the 30 years from 1966 to 1995.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #344 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–1995
Highest recorded position: #315 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1967 (recorded 1966–1995).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Jenifer appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 25 ranked years and 156 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1966.

Jenifer across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jenifer's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#344 (1966)	#315 (1967)	#516 (1995)	19 of 30	90 (1966–1995)	9 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#1571 (1998)	#5687 (2023)	25 of 28	156 (1996–2023)	11 (1998)

Jenifer by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jenifer in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	70	10 of 10	7
2010s	39	8 of 10	5
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jenifer appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #315 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Jenifer's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	8	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	9	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1966 and 2023, ranked in 44 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #315, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 30 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jenaya · #3218, 11y
Jenelle · #2499, 20y
Jenika · #2350, 11y
Jenisha · #2727, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Iseult · #316, 47y
Thora · #316, 42y
Angeline · #313, 49y
Edin · #312, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ausra · #315, 27y
Iseult · #316, 47y
Madelaine · #316, 26y
Orfhlaith · #314, 15y

Jenifer was ranked #315 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jenifer and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jenifer without appearing here.

Jenifer moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.
Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #4645.
Fionn Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3262 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #4137.
Kari Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Jenifer

Hayden Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1711.

Moved the opposite way to Jenifer

Aisling Compare
Between 1966 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenifer went from #344 to #516 while Aisling went from #100 to #15.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1966 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenifer went from #344 to #516 while Alexandra went from #288 to #128.
Alison Compare
Between 1966 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenifer went from #344 to #516 while Alison went from #98 to #44.
Andrea Compare
Between 1966 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenifer went from #344 to #516 while Andrea went from #185 to #101.

Moved the same way as Jenifer

Audrey Compare
Between 1966 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenifer went from #344 to #516 and Audrey from #63 to #310.
Carmel Compare
Between 1966 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenifer went from #344 to #516 and Carmel from #25 to #250.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1966 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenifer went from #344 to #516 and Deirdre from #7 to #67.
Eileen Compare
Between 1966 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenifer went from #344 to #516 and Eileen from #18 to #114.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #315 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Jenifer

Jenifer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jenifer across 2 official records

Jenifer by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jenifer appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Jenifer at a glance

Jenifer across 2 official records

Jenifer by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jenifer appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Jenifer

Jenifer and the names beside it

Jenifer moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jenifer

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