Jenner
Boy · JEN-er · English
Jenner is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “engineer”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Jenner mean?
English: occupational surname from Middle English
“engineer”
An English surname meaning 'engineer'; physician Edward Jenner pioneered the smallpox vaccine in 1796.
- Say it
- JEN-er
Is Jenner a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jenner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Jenner, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more boys named Jenner than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Jenner in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 50 | #2,477 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
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