Jenny

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Jenny: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #13 in 2015, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
184times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#13highest recorded position
32groupings it qualifies for
27names it appears alongside

What stands out in Jenny's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 34 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 109 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Appears alongside 27 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#256
1997	#332
1998	#330
1999	#362
2000	#361
2001	#409
2002	#493
2003	#450
2004	#559
2005	#567
2006	#622
2007	#604
2008	#595
2009	#806
2010	#709
2011	#789
2012	#1099
2013	#1253
2014	#1070
2015	#1114
2016	#1278
2017	#1457
2018	#1272
2019	#1703
2020	#1100
2021	#2499
2022	#2058
2023	#1640
2024	#1491

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 every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #29 among girls in Norway, #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #190 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #13 among girls in Norway, in 2015 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #29 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Jenny appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 7,669 births with the name.

Jenny across 4 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.

Jenny'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	#190 (1945)	#13 (2015)	#29 (2025)	81 of 81	7,669 (1945–2025)	255 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#471 (1972)	#184 (1993)	#885 (2025)	53 of 54	551 (1972–2025)	23 (1993)
England and Wales · Girls	#256 (1996)	#256 (1996)	#1491 (2024)	29 of 29	1,486 (1996–2024)	147 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#147 (1997)	#119 (1999)	#424 (2019)	20 of 23	162 (1997–2019)	17 (1998)

Jenny 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 Jenny in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	172	5 of 10	34
1950s	280	10 of 10	28
1960s	205	10 of 10	21
1970s	315	10 of 10	32
1980s	562	10 of 10	56
1990s	1,239	10 of 10	124
2000s	1,713	10 of 10	171
2010sbusiest	2,150	10 of 10	215
2020s	1,033	6 of 10	172

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 215 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jenny 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 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #13 in Norway in 2018.

Jenny'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1491	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1100	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1272	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1457	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1278	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1114	31	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1070	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1253	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1099	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#789	47	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#709	52	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#806	43	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#595	63	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#604	59	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#622	53	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#567	58	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#559	56	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#450	76	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#493	61	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#409	76	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#361	91	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#362	89	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#330	107	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#332	103	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#256	147	High	Verified
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#297	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#245	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#151	12	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#166	10	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#155	11	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#155	11	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#119	17	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#119	17	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#121	17	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#147	14	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#29	176	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#28	169	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#29	171	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#25	186	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#31	160	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#30	171	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#26	188	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#13	234	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#21	208	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#20	220	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#13	255	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#20	227	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#25	202	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#29	187	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#23	216	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#27	213	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#30	202	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#37	176	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#41	146	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#35	185	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#36	186	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#47	144	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#36	170	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#39	166	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#41	161	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#40	177	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#36	184	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#42	166	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#46	151	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#45	152	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#74	115	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#71	119	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#80	107	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#90	94	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#115	73	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#105	78	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#116	67	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#120	62	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#114	63	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#114	61	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#112	61	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#111	61	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#120	53	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#153	42	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#170	34	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#116	58	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#145	41	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#160	35	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#152	38	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#154	39	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#144	42	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#197	27	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#183	29	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#210	23	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#199	25	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#262	16	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#219	20	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#239	18	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#219	20	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#279	13	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#207	20	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#202	20	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#177	24	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#163	25	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#178	23	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#177	22	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#163	24	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#136	32	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#167	24	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#203	19	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#186	21	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#163	25	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#167	27	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#129	38	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#135	34	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#135	36	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#147	31	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#127	41	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#151	33	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#128	46	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#190	21	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	12	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	14	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	14	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	14	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	15	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	16	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	9	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	19	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	16	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	13	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	20	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	14	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	23	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	17	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	20	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	11	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	15	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	19	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	10	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	13	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	8	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	12	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	10	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #13, first reached in 2015.

It held a top-100 place in 35 years, 34 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 255 births, registered in Norway in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 52 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.

Jennie · #192, 50y
Jennifer · #1, 75y
Jens · #30, 81y
Jensen · #127, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Erik · #15, 81y
Oskar · #15, 81y
Barbara · #10, 79y
Mohammed · #16, 80y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Grethe · #13, 60y
Leon · #13, 74y
Ludvig · #13, 60y
Unni · #13, 64y

Comparisons involving Jenny

Existing comparison pages where Jenny and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Jenny in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Anna vs Jenny
Anna and Jenny were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #23 and #29.
Anna · Jenny · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Anne vs Jenny
Anne and Jenny were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #159 and #29.
Anne · Jenny · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Astrid vs Jenny
Astrid and Jenny were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #9 and #29.
Astrid · Jenny · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Jenny and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Ada vs Jenny
In 2018, Ada moved ahead of Jenny in Norway · Girls — #24 and #21 the year before became #7 and #13.
Ada · Jenny · 74 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2018 Norway ranking
Helene vs Jenny
In Norway · Girls, Jenny moved into the top 50 at #30 in 2009 as Helene fell out of it to #53, having been #31 the year before.
Helene · Jenny · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2009 Norway ranking
Kristine vs Jenny
In Norway · Girls, Jenny moved into the top 50 at #36 in 2005 as Kristine fell out of it to #51, having been #39 the year before.
Kristine · Jenny · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2005 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Jenny measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Jenny at its highest position.

Elin vs Jenny
Elin and Jenny were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #263 and #29.
Elin · Jenny · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Elisabeth vs Jenny
Elisabeth and Jenny were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #171 and #29.
Elisabeth · Jenny · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Jenny vs Ellen
Jenny and Ellen were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #29 and #208.
Jenny · Ellen · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Jenny was ranked #13 in Norway · Girls in 2015. 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.

Jenny 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 Jenny without appearing here.

Jenny moved ahead of

Sinead Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2499 and #2499 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2058 and #3533.
Jodie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2058 and #1948 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1640 and #2927.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2058 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1640 and #2689.
Katrina Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2058 and #1767 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1640 and #2504.

Moved ahead of Jenny

Mari Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1100 and #1127 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #957.
Ezra Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1100 and #1164 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #983.
Kylie Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1100 and #1164 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1039.
Eabha Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1100 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1069.

Moved the opposite way to Jenny

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Jenny went from #190 to #29 while Anita went from #162 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Jenny went from #190 to #29 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Jenny went from #190 to #29 while Åse went from #25 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Jenny went from #190 to #29 while Aud went from #13 to #427.

Moved the same way as Jenny

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Jenny went from #190 to #29 and Ada from #229 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Jenny went from #190 to #29 and Alma from #293 to #8.
Ella Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Jenny went from #190 to #29 and Ella from #137 to #4.
Ellinor Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Jenny went from #190 to #29 and Ellinor from #102 to #7.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #13 in Norway in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jenny

Jenny at a glance

What stands out in Jenny's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jenny across 4 official records

Jenny by decade in Norway · Girls

Jenny appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Jenny

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Jenny

Jenny and the names beside it

Jenny moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jenny

Moved the opposite way to Jenny

Moved the same way as Jenny

Jenny at a glance

What stands out in Jenny's record

Jenny across 4 official records

Jenny by decade in Norway · Girls

Jenny appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Jenny

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Jenny

Jenny and the names beside it

Jenny moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jenny

Moved the opposite way to Jenny

Moved the same way as Jenny