Meaning and history
Jenny began as a medieval English diminutive of Jane but, since the mid-20th century, has been regarded chiefly as a short form of Jennifer.
20062006: 667 births, rank #475
2007: 616 births, rank #514
2008: 512 births, rank #600
2009: 406 births, rank #709
2010: 350 births, rank #786
20112011: 362 births, rank #760
2012: 308 births, rank #864
2013: 337 births, rank #803
2014: 335 births, rank #826
2015: 281 births, rank #964
20162016: 235 births, rank #1,094
2017: 260 births, rank #996
2018: 220 births, rank #1,111
2019: 196 births, rank #1,196
2020: 153 births, rank #1,422
20212021: 148 births, rank #1,450
2022: 166 births, rank #1,381
2023: 174 births, rank #1,304
2024: 162 births, rank #1,390
20252025: 142 births, rank #1,500
Jenny moved from #967 to #997 for girls between 2015 and 2017. Its highest annual birth count came in 1977, with 2,688 births.