Jeneka — girls' name
13 babies named Jeneka in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
13 girls have been named Jeneka since 1979, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1989.
- 13
- total births
- 1979–1989
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
62% of everyone ever named Jeneka was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Jeneka in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeneka
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Jeneka between 1979 and 1989, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeneka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeneka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jeneka shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeneka 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 13 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.
Jeneka at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeneka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
13 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 8 births in a single year.
Jeneka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 8 births that decade — 62% of Jeneka's all-time total
Jeneka decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jeneka's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% 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, 1979–1989 (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.