Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jen” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jen” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jen” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jen” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jen” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jen” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jen” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jen” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1922 5 0.000002184 5 100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2009 11 0.000002879 5 6 -9%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 -100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2014 11 0.000002968 11 -100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 -100%

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