Girls' name · since 1993
Jenessy
58 babies named Jenessy in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 58
- total births
- 1993–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
58 girls have been named Jenessy since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenessy has been recorded 58 times among girls since 1993, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2019.
- 58 total births
- 1993–2019 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenessy's 58 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jenessy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenessy's full recorded timeline at 2009, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenessy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2019
- Peak year (2009)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2019.
58 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 10 births in a single year.
Jenessy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jenessy's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Jenessy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 32 births (55% of all-time use).
Jenessy decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Jenessy by state
Where Jenessy concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 8.6% |
5 of 58 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 8.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Jenessy's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 2010s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Jenessys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
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, 1993–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenessy: Baby Name Since 1993 - 58 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenessy. 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 Jenessy 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.
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