Jenci

Girls' name

Diminutive of Jenő

Jenci has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2008. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2008, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Jenci, 2008

1 in 786,000

Jenci over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jenci: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Jenő

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jenci means

Jenci is a diminutive of Jenő.

Origin, language, and formation

Jenci is used in Hungarian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jenő.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Jenci is pronounced [ˈjɛnt͡si].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Jenci between 2008 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2008; its best national rank was #18,778 in 2008.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Jenci?

Jenci had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2008: 1 in 786,000; 5 of 3,930,727 births
Among girls only: 1 in 378,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2008: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 544,916 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jenci sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2008 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 544,916 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jenci. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jencis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jenci was born before 2008 — so the typical Jenci is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Jenci rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2008 (5)
Years since peak: 17; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #18,778; 2008

Spellings of Jenci

Jenci is not the most common spelling — Jenna is, with 28.1% against Jenci's <0.01%.

Jenna28.1%148,587
Jennie24.1%127,181
Jenny17.4%92,101
Joni5.5%28,815
Jeri4.3%22,637
Jerri2.9%15,506
Wendi2.8%14,522
Jena2.5%13,241

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jenci by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #18,778; 2008
Peak year: 2008; 5 that year
First recorded: 2008
Last recorded: 2008
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jenci

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jenis Jensi Jenive Jenola Jeness Jenele Jenera Jenaia Jenesy Jencyn Jennya Jenedy Jenave Jenesi Jeneba Jenyka Jenal Jenith Jenaka Jenali Yenci Vinci Jenavy Jenanne

Sibling names for Jenci

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Yamilet Dalilah Desire Kalia Abagail Rihanna Areli Karmen

For a brother

Kaeden Gavyn Tyshawn Marley Aditya Aydan Aydin Baron

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