Girls' name · since 1981
Jenisa
Since 1981, U.S. Social Security records show 164 babies named Jenisa, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 164
- total births
- 1981–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
164 girls have been named Jenisa since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenisa has been recorded 164 times among girls since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2020.
- 164 total births
- 1981–2020 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenisa's 164 recorded births place it above 70% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jenisa splits its recorded history at 2002: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jenisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2020
- Peak year (2005)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Jenisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jenisa's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Jenisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
40 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 78 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Jenisa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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, 1981–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenisa: Baby Name Since 1981 - 164 Births, Peak 2005." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenisa. 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 Jenisa 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.