Jenna
#679 for girls in 2025, 418 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #8,732
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 6,143 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 23 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 148,587since 1915
Jenna over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #679 | 418 | — | |
| 2024 | #682 | 418 | — | |
| 2023 | #630 | 472 | — | |
| 2022 | #636 | 463 | — | |
| 2021 | #586 | 515 | — | |
| 2020 | #548 | 546 | — | |
| 2019 | #442 | 709 | — | |
| 2018 | #429 | 736 | — | |
| 2017 | #386 | 811 | — | |
| 2016 | #365 | 892 | — | |
| 2015 | #298 | 1,089 | — | |
| 2014 | #264 | 1,239 | — | |
| 2013 | #227 | 1,417 | — | |
| 2012 | #204 | 1,526 | — | |
| 2011 | #170 | 1,841 | — | |
| 2010 | #141 | 2,225 | — | |
| 2009 | #121 | 2,635 | — | |
| 2008 | #108 | 3,241 | — | |
| 2007 | #103 | 3,304 | — | |
| 2006 | #88 | 3,941 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #62 | 4,796 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #56 | 5,175 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #55 | 5,352 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #47 | 5,664 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #45 | 6,143 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #63 | 5,045 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #61 | 5,043 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #65 | 4,866 | — | |
| 1997 | #76 | 4,422 | — | |
| 1996 | #83 | 4,288 | — | |
| 1995 | #84 | 4,254 | — | |
| 1994 | #80 | 4,594 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #70 | 4,882 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #67 | 5,091 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #80 | 4,460 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #81 | 3,956 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #71 | 4,339 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #66 | 4,607 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #57 | 5,305 | #2,333 | 24 |
| 1986 | #55 | 5,416 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #50 | 6,436 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #54 | 5,882 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #215 | 1,168 | — | |
| 1982 | #247 | 1,012 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #197 | 1,361 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #238 | 1,075 | — | |
| 1979 | #364 | 621 | — | |
| 1978 | #431 | 463 | — | |
| 1977 | #394 | 531 | — | |
| 1976 | #417 | 484 | — | |
| 1975 | #404 | 501 | — | |
| 1974 | #418 | 469 | — | |
| 1973 | #359 | 591 | — | |
| 1972 | #550 | 304 | — | |
| 1971 | #880 | 152 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,093 | 108 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,019 | 114 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,347 | 68 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,506 | 55 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,416 | 60 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,500 | 55 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,462 | 60 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,489 | 56 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,395 | 63 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,520 | 55 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,765 | 39 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,987 | 28 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
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| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | — | |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Jenna! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jenna is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Massachusetts#226 · 1 in 1,412
- Minnesota#227 · 1 in 1,397
- New Jersey#262 · 1 in 1,577
- Nebraska#266 · 1 in 1,637
- Connecticut#268 · 1 in 1,576
Best ever in a state: #11 in North Dakota, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #226 | 21 | 1 in 1,412 |
| Minnesota | #227 | 19 | 1 in 1,397 |
| New Jersey | #262 | 23 | 1 in 1,577 |
| Nebraska | #266 | 6 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Connecticut | #268 | 9 | 1 in 1,576 |
| Washington | #282 | 14 | 1 in 1,639 |
| Pennsylvania | #285 | 34 | 1 in 1,941 |
| Iowa | #286 | 9 | 1 in 2,065 |
| Wisconsin | #306 | 12 | 1 in 2,414 |
| West Virginia | #321 | 5 | 1 in 2,359 |
| Colorado | #326 | 9 | 1 in 1,922 |
| Utah | #364 | 7 | 1 in 2,166 |
| Virginia | #364 | 11 | 1 in 2,531 |
| Illinois | #377 | 28 | 1 in 2,532 |
| New York | #394 | 38 | 1 in 2,588 |
| Oregon | #401 | 6 | 1 in 2,574 |
| California | #413 | 62 | 1 in 2,473 |
| Ohio | #415 | 20 | 1 in 3,448 |
| Florida | #446 | 15 | 1 in 2,935 |
| Michigan | #480 | 14 | 1 in 4,111 |
| Indiana | #493 | 8 | 1 in 4,349 |
| Alabama | #511 | 6 | 1 in 3,625 |
| Missouri | #642 | 5 | 1 in 6,131 |
| Georgia | #669 | 6 | 1 in 5,375 |
| Texas | #751 | 17 | 1 in 6,082 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 3 spots since 2024 (#682 → #679)
- 131 spots since 2020 (#548 → #679)
- 381 spots since 2015 (#298 → #679)
- Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1972 (#880 → #550)
- Biggest drop: 106 spots in 2020 (#442 → #548)
Rise & fade · girls
86 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2001 at #45 (6,143 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 23 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1984–2006
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1971–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 267
- Highest: 1 in 267 girls born in 1985 were named Jenna (0.37%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,845 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #45 in 2001, was only 1 in 293 (0.34%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 30.9% of all girls named Jenna (45,856) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 26 | #3,092 (1917) | #3,977 |
| 1920s | 70 | #2,921 (1929) | #3,835 |
| 1930s | 159 | #1,549 (1931) | #2,152 |
| 1940s | 155 | #1,790 (1947) | #2,499 |
| 1950s | 265 | #1,765 (1959) | #2,087 |
| 1960s | 618 | #1,019 (1969) | #1,467 |
| 1970s | 4,224 | #359 (1973) | #531 |
| 1980s | 36,601 | #50 (1985) | #125 |
| 1990s | 45,856 | #61 (1999) | #75 |
| 2000s | 45,296 | #45 (2001) | #75 |
| 2010s | 12,485 | #141 (2010) | #293 |
| 2020s | 2,832 | #548 (2020) | #627 |
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.
Jenna in 1978
girls
#431
463 births · 1 in 3,309 girls
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 3,309 of them was named Jenna, which outranked 96.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Jenna
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.