Jennifer
Meaning and origin
From English Jennifer in the 20th century.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jennifer (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jennifer has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2000. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 340 |
| 1999 | 358 |
| 2000 | 388 |
| 2001 | 338 |
| 2002 | 294 |
| 2003 | 300 |
| 2004 | 239 |
| 2005 | 180 |
| 2006 | 159 |
| 2007 | 119 |
| 2008 | 102 |
| 2009 | 99 |
| 2010 | 87 |
| 2011 | 85 |
| 2012 | 46 |
| 2013 | 66 |
| 2014 | 54 |
| 2015 | 42 |
| 2016 | 25 |
| 2017 | 30 |
| 2018 | 30 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 16 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 6,805 |
| 2000 | 7,213 |
| 2001 | 7,591 |
| 2002 | 7,901 |
| 2003 | 8,208 |
| 2004 | 8,464 |
| 2005 | 8,634 |
| 2006 | 8,802 |
| 2007 | 8,915 |
| 2008 | 9,058 |
| 2009 | 9,170 |
| 2010 | 9,284 |
| 2011 | 9,388 |
| 2012 | 9,450 |
| 2013 | 9,516 |
| 2014 | 9,601 |
| 2015 | 9,651 |
| 2016 | 9,696 |
| 2017 | 9,757 |
| 2018 | 9,795 |
| 2019 | 9,803 |
| 2020 | 9,825 |
Jennifer in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jennifer.Hi! My name is Jennifer.
- Har du träffat Jennifer? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Jennifer? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Jennifer kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Jennifer is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Jennifers mamma är lärare.Jennifer's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jennifers mamma is Jennifer's mum.
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Questions about Jennifer
How do you pronounce Jennifer in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jennifer from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Jennifer mean?
From English Jennifer in the 20th century.
How popular is Jennifer in Sweden?
16 babies were named Jennifer in 2022. In 2020, 9,825 people in Sweden had Jennifer as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2000 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.