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.
- 512
- total births
- 1997–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Jeniah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 512 recorded since 1997.
Jeniah has 512 recorded births among girls since 1997, 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 1997 to 2025.
- 512 total births
- 1997–2025 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeniah's 512 recorded births place it above 84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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 vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
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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- 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
- 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, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeniah: Baby Name Since 1997 - 512 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeniah. 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 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 July 2026.