Jenica — #10431 US girls' name
2,070 babies named Jenica in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Jenica was born in this single decade.
94 babies were named Jenica in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jenica
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,070 babies named Jenica between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenica currently holds the #10431 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 94 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenica performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 657 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jenica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 293 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Jenica in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jenica in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,070 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jenica at a glance
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Current rank
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Jenica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (1981)
- 94
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #10431 among girls.
2,070 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 94 births in a single year.
Jenica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 657 births that decade — 32% of Jenica's all-time total
Jenica decade highlights
- Peak decade 657 births
- Runner-up 448 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jenica's strongest decade
657 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Jenica by state
Where Jenica concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 293 | 14.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 48 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Utah | | 35 | 1.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 16 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 15 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 12 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Washington | | 12 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.3% |
293 of 2,070 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.2% of nationwide
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
- Utah 1.7% of nationwide
- New York 0.8% of nationwide
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jenica appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.