Girls' name · since 1954
Jenese
Jenese has 157 recorded births since 1954 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 157
- total births
- 1954–1997
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
157 girls have been named Jenese since 1954, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Jenese recorded 157 times among girls since 1954, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1997.
- 157 total births
- 1954–1997 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 45% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenese's 157 recorded births place it above 69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jenese splits its recorded history at 1982: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1959 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jenese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1997
- Peak year (1980)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Jenese by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jenese's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Jenese births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
70 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 70 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Jenese's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (70 total births) through the 1990s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1954–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenese: Baby Name Since 1954 - 157 Births, Peak 1980." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenese. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jenese 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 July 2026.