Jenni

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Jenni: Recorded since 1976, it reached #293 in 2001, and it stood at #473 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#293highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#2738
1998	#2407
1999	#1970
2000	#1995
2001	#1870
2002	#1784
2003	#1722
2004	#2530
2005	#3970
2006	#2781
2007	#2627
2008	#2721
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2018	#4684

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 Norway in 31 of the 50 years from 1976 to 2025.

In 2018: #458 among girls in Norway, #4684 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1976–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #559 among girls in Norway in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2007
Highest recorded position: #293 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1997–2007).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #473 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Jenni appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1976, and has registered 183 births with the name.

Jenni across 3 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.

Jenni'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
Norway · Girls	#559 (1976)	#338 (2020)	#473 (2025)	31 of 50	183 (1976–2025)	10 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#1522 (1996)	#1522 (1996)	#4684 (2018)	19 of 23	126 (1996–2018)	11 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#293 (2001)	#301 (2007)	5 of 11	18 (1997–2007)	5 (2007)

Jenni by decade in Norway · 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 Jenni in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	5	1 of 10	5
1980s	21	4 of 10	5
1990sbusiest	30	5 of 10	6
2000s	43	8 of 10	5
2010s	53	9 of 10	6
2020s	31	4 of 10	8

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jenni 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 3 regions, from 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #293 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Jenni'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
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#473	5	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#427	6	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#351	10	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#338	10	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#515	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#458	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#491	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#460	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#489	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#495	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#588	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#488	7	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#560	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#604	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#458	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#483	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#458	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#562	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#538	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#606	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#516	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#510	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#579	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#552	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#520	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#573	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#625	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#554	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#637	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#559	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1976 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #293, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 21 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.

Jenna · #12, 45y
Jennah · #1209, 28y
Jennie · #192, 50y
Jennifer · #1, 75y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Anais · #292, 30y
Arvin · #291, 30y
Meagan · #295, 33y
Sumaya · #291, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Westley · #293, 24y
Marissa · #294, 44y
Bebhinn · #290, 38y
Tilla · #296, 28y

Jenni was ranked #293 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2001. 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.

Jenni 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 Jenni without appearing here.

Jenni moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #5785.
Kim Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4736 and #1961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4736 and #4736 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4736 and #2496 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Jenni

Shea Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2721 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2148.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Marilyn Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2721 and #3397 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3031.
Ezra Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2721 and #3397 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3422.

Moved the opposite way to Jenni

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenni went from #1522 to #4684 while Ada went from #2683 to #65.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenni went from #1522 to #4684 while Alma went from #2096 to #362.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenni went from #1522 to #4684 while Alyssa went from #783 to #229.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenni went from #1522 to #4684 while Amalie went from #2096 to #826.

Moved the same way as Jenni

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenni went from #1522 to #4684 and Abigail from #21 to #77.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenni went from #1522 to #4684 and Aimee from #70 to #587.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenni went from #1522 to #4684 and Aisling from #440 to #2340.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Jenni went from #1522 to #4684 and Alex from #161 to #1586.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 3 regions, from 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #293 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Jenni

Jenni at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jenni across 3 official records

Jenni by decade in Norway · Girls

Jenni appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Jenni moved ahead of

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Jenni at a glance

Jenni across 3 official records

Jenni by decade in Norway · Girls

Jenni appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Jenni

Jenni and the names beside it

Jenni moved ahead of

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