Girls' name · since 1964
Jenia
Jenia has 400 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 400
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jenia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 400 have been recorded since 1964.
Jenia has 400 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2015.
- #13,508 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 400 born since 1964
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenia ranks #13,508 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 400 born since 1964, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 400
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jenia's 400 recorded births place it above 81.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Jenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jenia splits its recorded history at 1991: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2015
- Peak year (2001)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Jenia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (120 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Jenia's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Jenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 33
1960s
33 births
- 1970s
1970s
63 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
120 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 120 births (30% of all-time use).
Jenia by state
Where Jenia concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 400 births nationwide.
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- Jenia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (120 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jenias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1964–2015 (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 Jenia 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.