Girls' name · since 1979
Jenalyn
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 272 babies named Jenalyn, peaking in 1995. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 272
- total births
- 1979–2021
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 29%
- born in that decade
Jenalyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 272 have been recorded since 1979.
Jenalyn has 272 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2021.
- 272 total births
- 1979–2021 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 29% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenalyn's 272 recorded births place it above 77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jenalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenalyn's full recorded timeline at 1999, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2021
- Peak year (1995)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Jenalyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jenalyn's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Jenalyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 80 births (29% of all-time use).
Jenalyn by state
Where Jenalyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 272 births nationwide.
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- Jenalyn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jenalyns (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1979–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenalyn: Baby Name Since 1979 - 272 Births, Peak 1995." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenalyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jenalyn 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 July 2026.