Girls' name · since 1975
Jenina
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 87 babies named Jenina, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 87
- total births
- 1975–2005
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Jenina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 87 recorded since 1975.
Jenina has 87 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2005.
- 87 total births
- 1975–2005 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenina's 87 recorded births place it above 60% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenina's full recorded timeline at 1984, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2005
- Peak year (1980)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Jenina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jenina's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Jenina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 55 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Jenina's decade-level peak was the 1980s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1975–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenina: Baby Name Since 1975 - 87 Births, Peak 1980." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenina. 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 Jenina 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.