Jennifer
A girls’ name of Cornish origin, meaning fair one; form of Guinevere.
How Jennifer has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #251 |
| 2016 | #273 |
| 2017 | #309 |
| 2018 | #344 |
| 2019 | #391 |
| 2020 | #430 |
| 2021 | #494 |
| 2022 | #502 |
| 2023 | #517 |
| 2024 | #547 |
| 2025 | #586 |
Jennifer by the numbers
In 2025, 59 babies in England and Wales were named Jennifer. In the US, 1,042 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 63,604 babies in 1972, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1975, about 1 in 27 American girls born that year was called Jennifer.
Other names that come from Guinevere
Like Jennifer, each of these traces back to Guinevere: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Guineverefair one; white wave190 in the US (2017)
- Gweneverefair one; variant spelling of Guinevere52 in the US (2017)
- Gweniverefair one; a form of Guinevere29 in the US (2017)
- Ginnypure; a form of Guinevere or Virginia16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gwyneverefair and blessed; a form of Guinevere24 in the US (2017)
- Ginessafair and pure; a form of Guinevere7 in the US (2017)
- Ginniferfair one; a respelling of Guinevere or Jennifer5 in the US (2017)
- Vanorawhite wave; a form of Guinevere3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names that come from Jennifer
Forms of Jennifer in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jennyfair one; diminutive of Jennifer or Genevieve259 in the US (2017)
- Jennahgod is gracious; variant of Jeanne or Jennifer51 in the US (2017)
- Jenessagod is gracious; modern elaboration of Jennifer46 in the US (2017)
- Jenniwhite wave; a form of Jennifer21 in the US (2017)
- Jennellegod is gracious; elaboration of Jenny or Jennifer10 in the US (2017)
- Jennessagod is gracious; modern elaboration of Jennifer10 in the US (2017)
- Ginniferfair one; a respelling of Guinevere or Jennifer5 in the US (2017)
- Yenniferwhite wave; altered spelling of Jennifer5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jennifer. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jeniferfair one; a form of Jennifer16 in the US (2017)
- Jennyferfair one; a spelling variant of Jennifer12 in the US (2017)
- Jennifferfair one; variant spelling of Jennifer
- Jenniegod is gracious; a form of Jane9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jennerone who works with jennies; occupational surname7 in the US (2017)
- Jeniffera variant spelling of jennifer; fair one6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Jennifer, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jennifer
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