Jendayi — girls' name
141 babies named Jendayi in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
141 girls have been named Jendayi since 1978, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2020.
- 141
- total births
- 1978–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
35% of everyone ever named Jendayi was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Jendayi in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jendayi
The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Jendayi between 1978 and 2020, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jendayi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jendayi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jendayi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jendayi 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 141 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.
Jendayi at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jendayi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1978
- Peak year (1999)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
141 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 11 births in a single year.
Jendayi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 49 births that decade — 35% of Jendayi's all-time total
Jendayi decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jendayi's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1978–2020 (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.