Girls' name · since 1910
Jenetta
652 babies named Jenetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,982 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 652
- born since 1910
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jenetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 652 have been recorded since 1910.
Jenetta has 652 recorded births among girls since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 1996.
- #9,982 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 652 born since 1910
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenetta ranks #9,982 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 652 born since 1910, peaking in the 1960s.
- #9,982 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 652
- born since 1910
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jenetta's 652 recorded births place it above 86.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jenetta splits its recorded history at 1956: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jenetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–1996
- Peak year (1983)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
Jenetta by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (117 births, 18% of the file).
1960s was Jenetta's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Jenetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s
1920s
70 births
- 1930s
1930s
90 births
- 1940s
1940s
96 births
- 1950s
1950s
64 births
- 1960s
1960s
117 births
- 1970s
1970s
78 births
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 117 births (18% of all-time use).
How Jenetta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jenetta's total volume
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What to do with Jenetta's data
- Jenetta's decade-level peak was the 1960s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 1990s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jenetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~86 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, 1910–1996 (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 Jenetta 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.