Girls' name · since 1999
Jenaveve
114 babies named Jenaveve in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,698 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jenaveve is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 114 have been recorded since 1999.
Jenaveve has 114 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2020.
- #25,698 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 114 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenaveve ranks #25,698 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,698 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jenaveve's 114 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jenaveve's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jenaveve's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jenaveve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2020
- Peak year (2007)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Jenaveve by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (63 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Jenaveve's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Jenaveve births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 9
1990s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 63 births (55% of all-time use).
Jenaveve by state
Where Jenaveve concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.4% |
5 of 114 births nationwide.
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- Jenaveve's decade-level peak was the 2010s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jenaveves (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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Two nationwide peer axes for Jenaveve: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1999–2020 (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 Jenaveve 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.