Jenita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jenita

The Social Security Administration has registered 473 babies named Jenita between 1936 and 2006, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jenita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jenita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jenita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jenita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jenita in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 473 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.