Jenay
- Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793
- Last seen for boys in 2003 at #10,894
- Given to girls 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 49 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 959since 1958
Jenay over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jenay has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,816 | 27 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,569 | 31 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,234 | 35 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,830 | 42 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,519 | 49 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,986 | 36 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,199 | 49 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
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| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1958
The first year at least five girls were named Jenay! It came in at #4,890, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1965, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jenay is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jenay in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jenay
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1987 at #2,199 (49 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 35,482
- Highest: 1 in 35,482 girls born in 1987 were named Jenay (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 283,512 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 32.8% of all girls named Jenay (315) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12 | #4,890 (1958) | #5,568 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,273 (1966) | #5,906 |
| 1970s | 104 | #3,541 (1979) | #5,817 |
| 1980s | 244 | #2,199 (1987) | #3,885 |
| 1990s | 315 | #2,519 (1991) | #3,787 |
| 2000s | 191 | #4,688 (2001) | #6,789 |
| 2010s | 81 | #7,513 (2010) | #10,851 |
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.
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