Jennings
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- JEN-ingz
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,837 for boys
Jennings is a name of English origin, meaning “son of Jenin (little John)”. In 2025 it ranked 1,837th for boys in the US (86 babies).
What does Jennings mean?
English: English surname from Jenin, a pet form of John
“son of Jenin (little John)”
From an English surname based on Jenin, a medieval diminutive of John.
Is Jennings a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jennings has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 86 boys in the US.
How popular is Jennings in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,837th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 86 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 86 boys in the US were named Jennings, making it the 1,837th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,996th. Its busiest year was 1926, with 113 boys. It first appears in the records in 1892. 15 girls were also named Jennings in 2025 (7,131st for girls).
Half of all the boys named Jennings in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15% of the babies named Jennings in the US were girls.
Jennings in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #1,837 |
| 2024 | 80 | #1,957 |
| 2023 | 78 | #1,969 |
| 2022 | 81 | #1,916 |
| 2021 | 90 | #1,770 |
| 2020 | 71 | #1,996 |
| 2019 | 85 | #1,805 |
| 2018 | 85 | #1,792 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,531 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,184 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,460 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,348 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,381 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,293 |
| 1954 | 26 | #1,495 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,138 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,001 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,202 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1947 | 56 | #937 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1945 | 58 | #817 |
| 1944 | 48 | #918 |
| 1943 | 54 | #908 |
| 1942 | 54 | #900 |
| 1941 | 54 | #858 |
| 1940 | 44 | #967 |
| 1939 | 59 | #794 |
| 1938 | 72 | #719 |
| 1937 | 45 | #932 |
| 1936 | 65 | #747 |
| 1935 | 54 | #850 |
| 1934 | 66 | #751 |
| 1933 | 60 | #788 |
| 1932 | 59 | #829 |
| 1931 | 63 | #787 |
| 1930 | 57 | #873 |
| 1929 | 73 | #734 |
| 1928 | 78 | #722 |
| 1927 | 91 | #668 |
| 1926 | 113 | #585 |
| 1925 | 101 | #628 |
| 1924 | 88 | #696 |
| 1923 | 104 | #625 |
| 1922 | 64 | #855 |
| 1921 | 86 | #698 |
| 1920 | 95 | #649 |
| 1919 | 60 | #850 |
| 1918 | 72 | #761 |
| 1917 | 57 | #849 |
| 1916 | 71 | #708 |
| 1915 | 58 | #791 |
| 1914 | 46 | #777 |
| 1913 | 48 | #641 |
| 1912 | 27 | #854 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 12 | #779 |
| 1907 | 15 | #664 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 31 | #402 |
| 1899 | 17 | #457 |
| 1898 | 28 | #364 |
| 1897 | 50 | #244 |
| 1896 | 40 | #290 |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
Names like Jennings
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hollis, Leland, Ellis, Leo, Harlan, Jack, Forrest, Otis, Leon, Harris, Francis, Wilson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jennings: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jennings, updated 20 October 2026.