Jenafer — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jenafer

The Social Security Administration has registered 179 babies named Jenafer between 1972 and 1998, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenafer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenafer performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jenafer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jenafer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jenafer 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 179 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.