Jenan — #12503 US girls' name
315 babies named Jenan in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Jenan was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Jenan in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jenan
The Social Security Administration has registered 315 babies named Jenan between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenan currently holds the #12503 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jenan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Jenan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jenan 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 315 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.
Jenan at a glance
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Current rank
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Jenan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (2005)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #12503 among girls.
315 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 16 births in a single year.
Jenan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 99 births that decade — 31% of Jenan's all-time total
Jenan decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jenan's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Jenan by state
Where Jenan concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.9% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1983–2024 (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.