Girls' name · since 1976
Jenesa
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 109 babies named Jenesa, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jenesa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 109 have been recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenesa has been recorded 109 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2011.
- #26,161 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 109 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenesa ranks #26,161 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jenesa's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenesa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenesa's full recorded timeline at 1995, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2011
- Peak year (1996)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Jenesa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (41 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Jenesa's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jenesa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 41 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Jenesa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Jenesa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1976–2011 (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 Jenesa 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.