Girls' name · since 1985
Jehna
Jehna has 17 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jehna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 1985.
Jehna has 17 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1997.
- #47,792 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1985
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jehna ranks #47,792 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1985, peaking in the 1980s.
- #47,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jehna's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jehna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jehna's full recorded timeline at 1986, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jehna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1997
- Peak year (1985)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Jehna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
1980s was Jehna's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Jehna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Jehna's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jehna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jehna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.