Girls' name · since 1979
Jenique
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 60 babies named Jenique, peaking in 1981. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 60
- total births
- 1979–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Jenique is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 60 have been recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenique has been recorded 60 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1999.
- 60 total births
- 1979–1999 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenique's 60 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenique's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenique's full recorded timeline at 1989, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenique popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1999
- Peak year (1981)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Jenique by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jenique's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Jenique births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 33 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Jenique's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 1990s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1979–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenique: Baby Name Since 1979 - 60 Births, Peak 1981." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenique. 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 Jenique 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.