Jenae — #7651 US girls' name
3,357 babies named Jenae in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Jenae was born in this single decade.
165 babies were named Jenae in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jenae
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,357 babies named Jenae between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenae currently holds the #7651 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 165 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,077 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jenae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 478 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jenae in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jenae in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,357 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jenae at a glance
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Current rank
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Jenae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1958
- Peak year (1991)
- 165
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
Currently ranks #7651 among girls.
3,357 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 165 births in a single year.
Jenae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,077 births that decade — 32% of Jenae's all-time total
Jenae decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,077 births
- Runner-up 935 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jenae's strongest decade
1,077 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Jenae by state
Where Jenae concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 478 | 14.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 133 | 4.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 105 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 78 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 78 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Washington | | 67 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 53 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 46 | 1.4% |
478 of 3,357 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.2% of nationwide
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jenae appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1958–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.