Jenay — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jenay

The Social Security Administration has registered 959 babies named Jenay between 1958 and 2018, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 315 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jenay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 91 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Jenay in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jenay 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 959 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.