Girls' name · since 2003

Jenayah

Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 141 babies named Jenayah, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#23,415 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,515 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
141
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade

Jenayah currently ranks #11515 among girls' names in America, with 141 babies recorded since 2003.

Jenayah has 141 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11515 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of girls, 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 2003 to 2025.

  • #23,415 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #11,515 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 141 born since 2003
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenayah ranks #23,415 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,515 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 141 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.

#23,415 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,515 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
141
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%33.4%
Jenayah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jenayah's 141 recorded births place it above 67.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Jenayah compares

141 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Jenayah's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jenayah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 141 376 567,345
Peak-year births 13 21 19,840

Jenayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jenayah's full recorded timeline at 2014, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jenayah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
13
Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
468101214 2003200720112014201720232025 8

Jenayah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (62 births, 44% of the file).

2010s was Jenayah's strongest decade.

62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.

Jenayah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 62 births (44% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jenayah?
Jenayah has been given to 141 babies in the U.S. since 2003, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #23,415 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #11,515 of 17,297. 13 babies were born in 2008, its single highest year.
Where does Jenayah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenayah ranks #23,415 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,515 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jenayah most popular?
Jenayah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 62 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Jenayah been used?
The SSA has tracked Jenayah since 2003 -- 23 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Jenayah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jennifer, Jenna, Jennie, Jenny, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Jenayah's data

  • Jenayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 2020s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

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 Jenayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2003–2025 (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 Jenayah 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.