Girls' name · since 1997
Jeniah
Jeniah has 512 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,454 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 512
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
512 babies have been named Jeniah since 1997, making it today's #12454 girls' name.
Jeniah has 512 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12454 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, 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 1997 to 2025.
- #11,664 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,454 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 512 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeniah ranks #11,664 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,454 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 512 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,454 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 512
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jeniah's 512 recorded births place it above 83.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Jeniah compares
512 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jeniah's all-time total is 36% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jeniah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 512 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jeniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeniah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 43 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jeniah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Jeniah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (282 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Jeniah's strongest decade.
282 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Jeniah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
282 births
- 2010s
2010s
171 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 282 births (55% of all-time use).
How Jeniah 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 Jeniah's total volume
Jeniah by state
Where Jeniah concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 37 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 32 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 7 | 1.4% |
37 of 512 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Jeniah's data
- Jeniah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (282 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jeniahs (37 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jeniah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Jeniah 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.