Jennie

“God is gracious; the fair one” — Hebrew, via Jane; Cornish, via Jennifer origin

Girl's name · #2309 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Jennie is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1880, when it ranked #24. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 127,000 girls since 1880, ranked #2309 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variant Jenny (#1503), Jennie would rank around #1092 with about 220 births last year — the newborns split about 64/36 between Jenny and Jennie.

Around the world: about 1 in 910 girls in Norway (2025) · about 1 in 12,000 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 19,000 girls in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jennies

Jennie — South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper (born 1996)
Jennie Garth — American actress
Jennie Johansson — Swedish swimmer
Jennie Fletcher — British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
Jennie Finch — American softball player

In stories & tradition

Jennie Hildebrand — Street Scene

What Jennies become

Among 325 notable people named Jennie:

Entertainers appear 1.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jennie, South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper (born 1996).

Similar names: Jenny · Susie · Jhene · Lennie · Abbie · Janie

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