Jeniya — girls' name
403 babies named Jeniya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
403 girls have been named Jeniya since 1997, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2021.
- 403
- total births
- 1997–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
64% of everyone ever named Jeniya was born in this single decade.
44 babies were named Jeniya in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeniya
The Social Security Administration has registered 403 babies named Jeniya between 1997 and 2021, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeniya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 44 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeniya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 258 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jeniya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeniya in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeniya 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 403 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.
Jeniya at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeniya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1997
- Peak year (2004)
- 44
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
403 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 44 births in a single year.
Jeniya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 258 births that decade — 64% of Jeniya's all-time total
Jeniya decade highlights
- Peak decade 258 births
- Runner-up 110 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jeniya's strongest decade
258 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Jeniya by state
Where Jeniya concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.2% |
6 of 403 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 1.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.2% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.