Girls' name · since 1988
Jeniva
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 25 babies named Jeniva, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #43,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
25 girls have been named Jeniva since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jeniva has 25 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1999.
- #43,160 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeniva ranks #43,160 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #43,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jeniva's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeniva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeniva's full recorded timeline at 1994, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births.
Jeniva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1999
- Peak year (1988)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Jeniva by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (20 births, 80% of the file).
1990s was Jeniva's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Jeniva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 20 births (80% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jeniva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1988–1999 (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 Jeniva 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.