Girls' name · since 1996
Jendaya
84 babies named Jendaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,107 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,729 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 84
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jendaya is the #15729 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 84 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jendaya has been recorded 84 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #15729 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #29,107 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,729 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 84 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jendaya ranks #29,107 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,729 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 84 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,107 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,729 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 84
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jendaya's 84 recorded births place it above 59.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jendaya compares
84 22nd 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
Jendaya's all-time total is 78% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jendaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 84 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jendaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jendaya's full recorded timeline at 2003, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jendaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jendaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (48 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Jendaya's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Jendaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 48 births (57% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jendaya's data
- Jendaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Jendaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Jendaya 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.