Girls' name · since 1980
Jenah
477 babies named Jenah in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,207 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 477
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jenah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 477 recorded since 1980.
Jenah has 477 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2019.
- #12,207 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 477 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenah ranks #12,207 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 477 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,207 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 477
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jenah's 477 recorded births place it above 83.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jenah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jenah splits its recorded history at 2000: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jenah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2019
- Peak year (2008)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Jenah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (196 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Jenah's strongest decade.
196 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Jenah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
- 1990s
1990s
135 births
- 2000s
2000s
196 births
- 2010s 60
2010s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 196 births (41% of all-time use).
Jenah by state
Where Jenah concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 477 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jenah's data
- Jenah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (196 total births); usage has since declined to 60 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jenahs (5 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 Jenah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1980–2019 (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 Jenah 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.