Girls' name · since 1893
Jenie
251 babies named Jenie in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,556 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 251
- born since 1893
- 1970s
- peak decade
251 girls have been named Jenie since 1893, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jenie has 251 recorded births among girls since 1893, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 2003.
- #17,556 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 251 born since 1893
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenie ranks #17,556 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 251 born since 1893, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,556 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 251
- born since 1893
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jenie's 251 recorded births place it above 75.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jenie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenie's full recorded timeline at 1977, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1910, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–2003
- Peak year (1978)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Jenie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (82 births, 33% of the file).
1970s was Jenie's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jenie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 7
1890s
7 births
- 1910s 23
1910s
23 births
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1960s 23
1960s
23 births
- 1970s
1970s
82 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 82 births (33% of all-time use).
Jenie by state
Where Jenie concentrates geographically, total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 4.4% |
11 of 251 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jenie's data
- Jenie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jenies (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jenie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1893–2003 (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 Jenie 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.