JENNIFER is ranked as the 20th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,561,474.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 489.71 people named JENNIFER for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JENNIFER is 1,417,662.
The SSA data also shows that JENNIFER is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JENNIFER is
78.0% White,
6.4% Hispanic origin,
11.1% Black,
2.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JENNIFER have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JENNIFER is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
English feminine given name
German Common surname
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JENNIFER
The state with the most people named
JENNIFER is
California where
155,011 people have this name.
New Hampshire is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JENNIFER, as
837.31 in every 100,000
New Hampshirites
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
New Hampshire is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
District of Columbia
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JENNIFER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
65,471
508.29
100.0%
Indiana
40,343
611.56
99.9%
Iowa
16,505
531.2
99.9%
Kansas
14,353
494.24
99.9%
Michigan
52,660
531.39
100.0%
Minnesota
31,380
575.01
99.9%
Missouri
12,218
408.08
99.8%
Nebraska
9,205
489.22
99.8%
North Dakota
2,774
375.17
99.2%
Ohio
67,606
583.1
99.9%
South Dakota
3,608
422.87
99.4%
Wisconsin
32,197
559.22
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name JENNIFER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
3,472
471.3
99.5%
Arizona
28,817
428.1
99.9%
California
155,011
399.49
100.0%
Colorado
31,902
595.65
99.9%
Hawaii
5,539
390.18
99.9%
Idaho
7,784
476.27
99.8%
Montana
4,589
448.33
99.6%
Nevada
12,262
431.9
99.9%
New Mexico
7,456
357.51
99.7%
Oregon
19,179
483.06
99.9%
Utah
18,170
617.41
99.9%
Washington
36,578
517.99
100.0%
Wyoming
2,574
440.58
99.5%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JENNIFER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
26,827
745.89
100.0%
Maine
10,064
756.64
99.9%
Massachusetts
45,003
667.17
100.0%
New Hampshire
11,110
837.31
99.9%
New Jersey
55,311
618.82
100.0%
New York
95,552
483.9
100.0%
Pennsylvania
71,649
560.32
99.9%
Rhode Island
8,066
764.45
99.9%
Vermont
3,622
578.08
99.7%
South States
State stats for the first name JENNIFER
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JENNIFER as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JENNIFER.
The most popular full name is JENNIFER Smith.
0.85% of all the people named JENNIFER
have this family name.
There are 82597 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name JENNIFER