Girls' name · since 1979
Jenesia
20 babies named Jenesia 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.
- 20
- total births
- 1979–1989
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Jenesia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 20 have been recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenesia has been recorded 20 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1989.
- 20 total births
- 1979–1989 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenesia's 20 recorded births place it above 36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jenesia's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jenesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1989
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Jenesia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jenesia's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Jenesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
9 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 11 births (55% of all-time use).
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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, 1979–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenesia: Baby Name Since 1979 - 20 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenesia. 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 Jenesia 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.