Girls' name · since 1900
Jena
13,241 babies named Jena in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,401 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,418 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,241
- born since 1900
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jena is the #5418 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 13,241 recorded since 1900.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jena has been recorded 13,241 times among girls since 1900, currently ranked #5418 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 2025.
- #1,401 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,418 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,241 born since 1900
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jena ranks #1,401 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,418 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,241 born since 1900, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,401 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,418 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,241
- born since 1900
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jena's 13,241 recorded births place it above 98.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jena compares
13,241 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jena's all-time total is 35x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,241 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 619 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jena splits its recorded history at 1977: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 619 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jena popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–2025
- Peak year (1986)
- 619
- Annual births at peak, across 126 years of records
Jena popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 1988 (Jena as boys' name)
Jena by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (4,075 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Jena's strongest decade.
4,075 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Jena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 39
1920s
39 births
- 1930s 31
1930s
31 births
- 1940s 96
1940s
96 births
- 1950s 378
1950s
378 births
- 1960s 1,069
1960s
1,069 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,753 births
- 1980s
1980s
4,075 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,301 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,772 births
- 2010s 563
2010s
563 births
- 2020s 153
2020s
153 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 4,075 births (31% of all-time use).
How Jena compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jena's total volume
Jena by state
Where Jena concentrates geographically, total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,147 | 8.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 878 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 674 | 5.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 587 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 584 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 550 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 516 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 428 | 3.2% |
1,147 of 13,241 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Jena appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jena's data
- Jena's decade-level peak was the 1980s (4,075 total births); usage has since declined to 153 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jenas (1,147 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~125 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, 1900–2025 (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 Jena 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.