Holding steady, #8,362 for girls today.
Popularity of Jennalyn since 1982
Babies named Jennalyn per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 2005, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Jennalyn's real moment was 2011.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 64 |
| 1990s | 84 |
| 2000s | 177 |
| 2010s | 141 |
| 2020s | 39 |
Meaning & origin
Jennalyn is a modern American coinage that first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982. Its popularity peaked in 2011, when it ranked over 5,000 positions higher than its 2025 rank of 8,362. In recent years, the name has held a stable trajectory, with only 1 in 133,939 newborn girls receiving the name in 2025. The name reflects the late-20th-century trend of blending established names like Jenny with the fashionable suffix -lyn, seen in similar creations such as Madelyn and Kaitlyn.
Jennalyn is a modern American coinage, blending the name Jenny (a diminutive of Jennifer, which itself derives from the Welsh Guinevere meaning 'white shadow' or 'white wave') with the popular suffix -lyn (from Linda or names like Evelyn). It first appeared in the United States in the early 1980s, following the trend of compound names ending in -lyn that peaked in the late 20th century.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Jenna, Lyn, Jenny
Sibling names for Jennalyn
Names that share Jennalyn's style, for a brother or sister.
