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Jennie

Gender
Girl
Say it
JEN-ee
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#2,856 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,298 for girls

Jennie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 2,298th for girls in the US (79 babies).

What does Jennie mean?

Hebrew: pet form of Jane, later also of Jennifer

“God is gracious”

Originally a medieval pet form of Jane, later also used as a short form of Jennifer.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Jennie a girl's or a boy's name?

Jennie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 79 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jennie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,856th among girls
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 83% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Jennie, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 33 girls.

Half of all the girls named Jennie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were given Jennie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,236, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 33 in 19962025
Jennie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#2,856
20245#4,253
20238#3,098
20223#5,885
202111#2,478
20207#3,274
20190–
20185#4,204
20176#3,774
20167#3,389
20158#3,114
20147#3,321
20135#4,267
20127#3,471
20117#3,360
20108#2,992
20094#4,795
200816#1,745
20076#3,396
200617#1,545
200512#1,912
200415#1,561
200320#1,216
200215#1,399
200123#1,013
200020#1,105
199924#975
199819#1,158
199717#1,227
199633#755

How popular is Jennie in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,298th among girls
Babies in 2025
79 about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 59% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 79 girls in the US were named Jennie, making it the 2,298th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,779th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 3,109 girls.

Half of all the girls named Jennie in the US since 1880 were born between 1909 and 1951. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 234 girls in the US were given Jennie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #970, up from #2,298 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 3,109 in 19172025
Jennie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202579#2,298
2024115#1,753
202378#2,336
202268#2,579
202159#2,848
202059#2,779
201967#2,593
201845#3,437
201750#3,192
201649#3,280
201574#2,456
201462#2,779
201362#2,768
201262#2,804
201163#2,762
201073#2,514
200988#2,227
200891#2,184
200789#2,213
2006111#1,833
2005120#1,656
2004128#1,545
2003133#1,465
2002143#1,350
2001166#1,217
2000181#1,125
1999196#1,033
1998177#1,092
1997217#919
1996242#827
1995264#764
1994299#699
1993323#675
1992352#641
1991372#606
1990394#585
1989449#518
1988470#483
1987466#467
1986578#396
1985585#389
1984665#344
1983714#325
1982835#293
1981828#294
1980875#282
1979815#294
1978843#273
1977842#286
1976802#286
1975707#322
1974691#322
1973775#301
1972864#290
1971815#324
1970600#390
1969482#438
1968507#415
1967441#453
1966534#395
1965563#391
1964602#397
1963672#373
1962688#360
1961683#365
1960807#332
1959748#351
1958826#323
1957784#327
1956697#330
1955711#322
1954784#301
1953763#295
1952796#289
1951743#289
1950735#288
1949763#279
1948714#287
1947731#287
1946716#271
1945636#271
1944650#270
1943703#263
1942728#254
1941711#244
1940662#247
1939682#237
1938681#241
1937707#229
1936798#206
1935846#201
1934944#186
19331,000#175
19321,190#163
19311,288#150
19301,352#152
19291,418#152
19281,642#143
19271,851#135
19262,013#132
19252,263#121
19242,495#111
19232,542#107
19222,670#105
19212,889#99
19202,808#97
19192,928#93
19183,033#91
19173,109#81
19163,010#79
19153,015#73
19142,225#77
19131,809#80
19121,595#81
19111,161#85
19101,183#81
1909998#83
19081,038#78
1907998#78
1906986#74
1905981#76
1904964#73
1903936#71
1902985#69
1901898#69
19001,204#64
18991,061#56
18981,194#57
18971,074#56
18961,178#53
18951,177#53
18941,210#51
18931,273#45
18921,212#48
18911,238#40
18901,259#41
18891,252#39
18881,298#36
18871,047#38
18861,100#34
18851,045#33
18841,063#28
1883904#27
1882934#27
1881784#26
1880793#24

Nicknames for Jennie

Names like Jennie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Annie, Elsie, Jessie, Josie, Josephine, Lottie, Anna, Alice, Elizabeth, Sarah, Nellie, Sophie

Other spellings of Jennie

Jenny, Jenni

Names related to Jennie

Jenna, Jeanie, Jennah, Jeannie, Jeanne, Jenan, Jenin, Johnnie

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

Every Hebrew name

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, “Jennie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jennie, updated 20 October 2026.