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My name is Jenna, I have known a ton of Jennifers but only maybe 2 Jenna's, I don't think it's very common at all, not here anyways (Ontario).

Jennifer is lovely. All the Jennifers I know are Jen if they're over 20 or so and Jenny if they're under. I perfer Jenna though because it's prettier and not nearly as common where I live.

I know one Jenny (that's her full name) and several Jennifers. One goes by Jennifer, the rest are called Jen/Jenny.

I love Jennifer, i've never met anyone with that name.
I really dislike Jenna, i know two of them, it's a very unattractive name

I know a 2 year old and a 18 year old named Jenna. It sounds too nicknamey and incomplete. I really hate this name. Of the Jenifer's i know, they go by Jeni, Jenny, and Jen. Jen is the only nickname I like. I also know a Ginni, but I don't know if that is her full name or not. Jennifer is very dated imo and needs a major break before having a comeback.

I love Jennifer, but don't like Jenna. It seems a bit trashy to me (sorry to any Jenna's out there!) I don't think Jennifer is in the position to have a comeback, it's still fairly well used.

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It's had a slight decline since the 70's, but it is still more popular than Charlotte, Paige, Autumn, Payton, Faith, Isabelle/Isabel, Caroline, Mary, Gracie, Megan, Lucy, Rylee/Ryleigh/Rylie, Miley/Mylee, Bella, Reagan, Catherine, Breanna, Violet, Caitlin/Kaitlin, and Harper.

In my generation, naming your daughter Jennifer is the same as naming them Jane Doe. In high school, we were all Jenny, and sometimes Jen. My cousin's wife (they married last year) and I have the same first and middle names Jennifer Marie. Last name is different at least. I remember only one girl from college with Jenny as her legal fn.
Since my generation is the one having kids right now, I'd say very few Jennifers or Jennas are being born right now. Perhaps when we're grandmas or greatgrandmas it will become more popular.

Jennifer feels too dated to me right now. I know alot of Jennifer's who are friends with my parents, uncles and aunties, etc. (40's, early 50's) I'm sure it will come back some time, but I think it's a little too soon. Oh, and I do know two Jenny's who are just Jenny- again, friends of my parents.

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Jenna on the other hand is lovely. I only know one- Olivia's best friend, she's 3. I'd probably have it on my own list if I hadn't been beaten to it. Oh, and I do know one other one actually, she's around my age, 21.

They're nice enough, but they're boring to me because I've known SO many Jennifers in my life. I've known a few Jennas, plus some Jennifers probably used it for a nn as an alternative to Jen/Jenny.

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I can't see Jennifer making a comeback for awhile. Jenna I believe still is fairly popular.

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Know what's really sad? My second cousin's wife is named Jena, and her (identical) twin sister is named Jennifer. :(

I know about twelve girls with the name Jen, Jenn, Jenna or Jennifer. I was a mid 80's baby.

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I think Jennifer's comeback will be in our grandchildren's day. It has just saturated the world too heavily to be making a comeback yet though. I could see it making a "comeback" as the middle name du jour in a few years, though, as an honouring choice. I'm even thinking about it myself!

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I like Jennifer more than Jenna. I knew a lot of Jennifers growing up in the 80's/90's, and most of them went by Jen at least some of the time. Jen is a cute NN, though; very scrappy.

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I think Jennifer will come back in a few years, once people my age are done having their babies. My generation got a little burnt out on it, I guess.

I have two friends (15 & 18) whose full FN is Jenny. I have an older cousin (late-20s) named Jennifer. She goes by Jen, sometimes Jennie. I have a cousin who just turned six and her full FN is Jenna. I've also met plenty girls/women with those names. Overall, I like it. But I'd personally never, ever use it. I think the use of Jennifer is being replaced by Jenna. I'm meeting many more little girls named Jenna than Jennifer.

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The first Jennifer I knew was a roommate I had in college. It was very unusual in a person of college age back then. But as queenv said, you have to consider that I am much older than almost everyone else here. Anyway, at about the same time I had a roommate Jennifer, I noticed a lot of babies were being named Jennifer.

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I can't count the number of people I know of my generation who named their daughters Jennifer. I know that at least a couple of these people thought they were giving their daughters a name not heard very often (!).

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My stepdaughter (age 30) is a Jennifer. She was called Jennie growing up, but in her 20s decided that Jennifer sounded more mature.

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My stepson dated a Jen.

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They are among the countless Jennifers, Jennys, Jennies and Jens I have have encountered. Never have known a Jenna, though.

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I don't think Jennifer will come back for a very long time. Someday it will be a stereotypical old-lady name.

I know a ton of Jennifers and most of them go by Jen, Jenny or Jeni. I'm not fond of the name. I don't think it's horrible just overdone in an 80s sort of way.

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Jenna makes me think of George Bush's daughter, which makes that association worse. If I were to choose it would definitely be Jennifer. It's more of a complete name.

Jennifer won't be making a come back for a long while, I'm sure.

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I've known many Jennifers/Jennys. It is one of the most boring names I can think of, completely devoid of personality.

I don't like the names. I only know 1 Jennifer who sometimes goes by Jenny. I know a girl whos full name is Jenny too. I dont think Jenna was really too big in the first place. Its too soon for Jennifer.

Jennifer has never been very popular here but Jenny has. I know four Jennys (all four use this spelling), two are my age (mid-20s) one is in her 30s and one in her late 40s (if I'm not mistaken). I've come across many more Jennys but those are the ones I know personally.

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I know 1 Jennifer, she is 20 and goes by Jenni. I don't know any Jenna's but i don't think it has ever been a hugely popular name in the UK

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I think Jennifer would be sweet and i don't personally see it as dated

I've met my share of Jennifer's when living in the US and the UK, all under 30 and most going by Jen.

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I think Jennifer won't make a comeback for a while, its heyday's way too close. It risks becoming extremely dated, and a likely candidate for a stereotypical "old-lady's name" in 30 or 40 years time. Jenna possibly might fare a bit better, but it's too close to Jennifer.

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My neighbors name is Jenifer. I havent met too many Jenifers or Jennys. Neither are my favorite names but i dont mine seeing them. i think i like Jenna best out of the 3.

I like Jenna, but the "fer" on Jennifer is downright unattractive. Both names will possibly make a comeback in ~30-40 years, but for now, they've been too overused. Currently, I'm seeing more Giannas and Genevieves, which sound similar but have ditched their dated older sister.

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All of the Jennifers I've met go by Jen. I know a Virginia who goes by Ginny.

I know several Jennifer's nd Jenna's. I also know of a baby Jenifer. All the Jennifer's I know of go by Jen or Jenn. I don't care much for Jennifer, but I love Jenna.

I've known a ton of Jennifer's, so I hope it doesn't make a comeback anytime soon. It's still very popular though and is only just now starting to decline. I don't think I've known any Jennifer's who go by Jen or Jenny / Jennie. All have gone by their full names. I've only known one Jenna so I don't feel it's as overdone. I like it much more than Jennifer.

I know far too many people named Jennifer to ever consider using it. Most of them go by Jen. I think it will be a long time before a lot of people will start considering it again.

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However I only know one Jenna, and am quite fond of that name. It's not uncommon, but it has never been as popular as Jennifer, which is a plus.

There was only one Jennifer in my entire high school, but you see, I'm much older than almost everyone else here, so that's not surprising. At the time that I was born, Jennifer was not a popular name at all. That lay about ten years into the future.

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I've known three Jennifers, all little girls when I knew them, who'd now be in their twenties. None went by Jenny, surprisingly. I've never known anyone whose full name is Jenny.

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I've never been overly fond of Jennifer because I don't like the last syllable. FER is not an attractive sound to me. So I'd choose Jenna over Jennifer. I don't think that Jennifer will make a comeback for a long long time. It was just too popular too recently. I can see Jenna being popular.

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I think that more people should follow the old Scottish custom of using Jenny as a nickname for Jane.