Jenita
- Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 473since 1936
Jenita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jenita has never cracked the top 3,000 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
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| rank | births | |
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| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
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| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
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| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
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| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
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| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
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| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
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| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
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First appearance
1936
The first year at least five girls were named Jenita! It came in at #3,701, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1937, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jenita is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jenita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1938 at #3,450 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 1 yr 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 76,657
- Highest: 1 in 76,657 girls born in 1977 were named Jenita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 380,242 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,450 in 1938, was only 1 in 157,637 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 27.7% of all girls named Jenita (131) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | #3,450 (1938) | #3,576 |
| 1940s | 20 | #4,556 (1945) | #4,929 |
| 1950s | 70 | #3,778 (1955) | #4,527 |
| 1960s | 83 | #4,222 (1968) | #4,599 |
| 1970s | 131 | #3,612 (1977) | #4,776 |
| 1980s | 121 | #4,109 (1983) | #6,217 |
| 1990s | 25 | #10,271 (1991) | #11,599 |
| 2000s | 10 | #15,432 (2002) | #16,300 |
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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