Girls' name · since 2002
Jenin
264 babies named Jenin in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,064 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,631 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 264
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jenin currently ranks #4631 among girls' names in America, with 264 babies recorded since 2002.
Jenin has 264 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4631 as of the latest data, more common than 73% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #17,064 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,631 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 264 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenin ranks #17,064 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,631 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 264 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,064 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,631 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 264
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jenin's 264 recorded births place it above 76.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Jenin compares
264 42nd percentile among 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
Jenin's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jenin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 264 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jenin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenin's full recorded timeline at 2015, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 46 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Jenin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (124 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Jenin's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Jenin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s 39
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 124 births (47% of all-time use).
Jenin by state
Where Jenin concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 22 | 8.3% |
| #2 | California | | 20 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 12 | 4.5% |
22 of 264 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Jenin's data
- Jenin's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (124 total births) through the 2020s (101) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New Jersey records the most Jenins (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey 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 Jenin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Jenin 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.