Girls' name · since 1966
Jenea
Jenea has 810 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,657 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 810
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jenea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 810 recorded since 1966.
Jenea has 810 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2013.
- #8,657 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 810 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenea ranks #8,657 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 810 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,657 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 810
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jenea's 810 recorded births place it above 88.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jenea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jenea splits its recorded history at 1991: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 52 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jenea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2013
- Peak year (1984)
- 52
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Jenea by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (295 births, 36% of the file).
1980s was Jenea's strongest decade.
295 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Jenea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
163 births
- 1980s
1980s
295 births
- 1990s
1990s
207 births
- 2000s
2000s
122 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 295 births (36% of all-time use).
How Jenea compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jenea's total volume
Jenea by state
Where Jenea concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 75 | 9.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
75 of 810 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Jenea's decade-level peak was the 1980s (295 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jeneas (75 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 Jenea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1966–2013 (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 Jenea 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.