Jena

#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #5,751
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1985 · 614 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,241
since 1900

Jena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jena has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #371, 1985girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,41023—
2024#6,64217—
2023#5,24824—
2022#5,17225—
2021#4,09035—
2020#4,54829—
2019#3,92337—
2018#3,78939—
2017#3,76940—
2016#4,15735—
2015#3,05955—
2014#3,11253—
2013#3,12352—
2012#2,31581—
2011#2,63867—
2010#1,928104—
2009#1,989104—
2008#1,854115—
2007#1,848114—
2006#1,390163—
2005#1,290173—
2004#1,086211—
2003#1,126195—
2002#971228—
2001#900252—
2000#975217—
1999#818265—
1998#878240—
1997#775270—
1996#705302—
1995#702299—
1994#658325—
1993#608377—
1992#547429—
1991#596377—
1990#563417—
1989#500470—
1988#452498#5,7517
1987#395582—
1986#375619—
1985#371614—
1984#427492—
1983#860177—
1982#865178—
1981#700240—
1980#796205—
1979#851183—
1978#805186—
1977#784192—
1976#818170—
1975#707210—
1974#787173—
1973#688217—
1972#912136—
1971#903146—
1970#920140—
1969#1,032112—
1968#920126—
1967#1,08193—
1966#1,042100—
1965#989110—
1964#964120—
1963#892139—
1962#1,024110—
1961#1,16290—
1960#1,32869—
1959#1,47853—
1958#1,37959—
1957#1,55048—
1956#1,54847—
1955#1,59741—
1954#1,80133—
1953#2,01726—
1952#1,74632—
1951#2,24520—
1950#2,25319—
1949#2,72614—
1948#2,58915—
1947#1,82228—
1946#4,4176—
1945#4,0256—
1944#3,6877—
1943#3,2499—
1942#4,6225—
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1940#3,8636—
1939#3,7826—
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1926#3,5648—
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five girls were named Jena! It came in at #1,932, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jena is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Jena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,232 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #5,410)
  • 862 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #5,410)
  • 2,351 spots since 2015 (#3,059 → #5,410)
  • Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1984 (#860 → #427)
  • Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1982 (#700 → #865)
Rise & fade · girls
85 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1985 at #371 (614 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1970–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,771
  • Highest: 1 in 2,771 girls born in 1986 were named Jena (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 69,881 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #371 in 1985, was only 1 in 2,803 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 30.8% of all girls named Jena (4,075) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,932 (1900)#1,932
1910s6#4,083 (1917)#4,083
1920s39#3,350 (1923)#4,293
1930s31#2,868 (1933)#3,862
1940s96#1,822 (1947)#3,444
1950s378#1,379 (1958)#1,761
1960s1,069#892 (1963)#1,043
1970s1,753#688 (1973)#818
1980s4,075#371 (1985)#574
1990s3,301#547 (1992)#685
2000s1,772#900 (2001)#1,343
2010s563#1,928 (2010)#3,181
2020s153#4,090 (2021)#5,185

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jena in 1900

girls
#1,932
5 births · 1 in 59,957 girls

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #1,932Jena5
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 59,957 of them was named Jena, which outranked 13.1% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jena
  1. #1,723Zilda6
  2. #1,723Zillah6
  3. #1,723Zylpha6
  4. #1,932Jena5
  5. #1,932Adabelle5
  6. #1,932Afton5
  7. #1,932Ailene5

Tied with 291 names at #1,932; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
  2. ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
  3. ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
  4. ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
  5. ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,204Irva#728 → #1,932
  2. ↓ 1,026Dellie#906 → #1,932
  3. ↓ 1,026Marybelle#906 → #1,932
  4. ↓ 949Sada#983 → #1,932
  5. ↓ 949Sidonia#983 → #1,932

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1900 →