Jenifer
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Cornish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Jenifer is a girls' name of Cornish origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Jenifer mean?
Cornish
A female given name from Cornish, a less common form of Jennifer.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jenifer a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenifer is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jenifer in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jenifer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Jenifer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Jenifer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Jenifer, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 923 girls. It first appears in the records in 1933.
Half of all the girls named Jenifer in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 522 girls in the US were given Jenifer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #571, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Jenifer in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,449 |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,453 |
| 2010 | 121 | #1,720 |
| 2009 | 142 | #1,584 |
| 2008 | 227 | #1,133 |
| 2007 | 250 | #1,048 |
| 2006 | 259 | #1,001 |
| 2005 | 298 | #847 |
| 2004 | 308 | #813 |
| 2003 | 353 | #725 |
| 2002 | 354 | #706 |
| 2001 | 311 | #767 |
| 2000 | 326 | #711 |
| 1999 | 355 | #649 |
| 1998 | 279 | #771 |
| 1997 | 299 | #720 |
| 1996 | 242 | #827 |
| 1995 | 291 | #711 |
| 1994 | 288 | #718 |
| 1993 | 262 | #783 |
| 1992 | 328 | #671 |
| 1991 | 359 | #626 |
| 1990 | 358 | #622 |
| 1989 | 357 | #599 |
| 1988 | 381 | #560 |
| 1987 | 447 | #481 |
| 1986 | 455 | #471 |
| 1985 | 606 | #374 |
| 1984 | 607 | #375 |
| 1983 | 647 | #349 |
| 1982 | 723 | #334 |
| 1981 | 706 | #336 |
| 1980 | 724 | #333 |
| 1979 | 714 | #327 |
| 1978 | 763 | #305 |
| 1977 | 814 | #292 |
| 1976 | 773 | #295 |
| 1975 | 838 | #287 |
| 1974 | 923 | #278 |
| 1973 | 913 | #271 |
| 1972 | 913 | #282 |
| 1971 | 782 | #333 |
| 1970 | 736 | #347 |
| 1969 | 572 | #395 |
| 1968 | 487 | #430 |
| 1967 | 305 | #537 |
| 1966 | 331 | #518 |
| 1965 | 341 | #516 |
| 1964 | 326 | #548 |
| 1963 | 294 | #572 |
| 1962 | 308 | #557 |
| 1961 | 287 | #593 |
| 1960 | 240 | #656 |
| 1959 | 208 | #694 |
| 1958 | 234 | #643 |
| 1957 | 162 | #792 |
| 1956 | 147 | #816 |
| 1955 | 106 | #960 |
| 1954 | 106 | #935 |
| 1953 | 118 | #859 |
| 1952 | 87 | #1,007 |
| 1951 | 88 | #995 |
| 1950 | 88 | #958 |
| 1949 | 71 | #1,063 |
| 1948 | 68 | #1,069 |
| 1947 | 50 | #1,289 |
| 1946 | 61 | #1,086 |
| 1945 | 46 | #1,154 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,608 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,558 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
Names like Jenifer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica Jennifer Amber Jasmine Holly Francesca Emily Erin Abigail Molly Melissa Robyn
Other spellings of Jenifer
Names related to Jenifer
More Cornish names
Elowyn Lowen Elowen Jenna Denzel Merryn Lowenna Sennen Elowynn Morwenna Demelza Jennah Senara Merrin Jena Zennor
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jenifer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenifer, updated 20 October 2026.