Jenna
Jenna is ranked 683rd among girls in 2024 (416 births). Its best rank was 45th, in 2001.
- Rank in 2024
- #683down 53 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4160.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19856,436 births
- Best rank
- #45in 2001
- Since 1915
- 148,163people given the name
The story in the numbers
148,163 girls have been named Jenna in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1985, with 6,436 births — 0.37% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 264 → 683).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 31%. It has spent 54 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 23 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jenna | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 26 | |
| 1920s | 70 | |
| 1930s | 159 | |
| 1940s | 155 | |
| 1950s | 265 | |
| 1960s | 618 | |
| 1970s | 4,225 | |
| 1980s | 36,601 | |
| 1990s | 45,854 | |
| 2000s | 45,296 | |
| 2010s | 12,483 | |
| 2020s | 2,411 |
In 1985, its biggest year
Jenna was the 50th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1985 were Jessica, Ashley, Jennifer, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1985.
Names that rose and fell with Jenna
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Caleypeak 1994
- Lizettpeak 1999
- Catiepeak 1990
- Tasiapeak 1985
- Franchescapeak 1992
- Preciouspeak 2001
- Vannesapeak 1990
- Shamiapeak 1999
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.