Girls' name · since 1981
Jenissa
193 babies named Jenissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jenissa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 193 recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Jenissa recorded 193 times among girls since 1981, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2014.
- #20,181 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 193 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jenissa ranks #20,181 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 193 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jenissa's 193 recorded births place it above 72.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jenissa's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jenissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2014
- Peak year (2003)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Jenissa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (87 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Jenissa's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Jenissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Jenissa's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2010s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jenissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1981–2014 (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 Jenissa 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.