Jennae — girls' name
362 babies named Jennae in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
362 girls have been named Jennae since 1977, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2015.
- 362
- total births
- 1977–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Jennae was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Jennae in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jennae
The Social Security Administration has registered 362 babies named Jennae between 1977 and 2015, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jennae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jennae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jennae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jennae in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jennae 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 362 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.
Jennae at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jennae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1977
- Peak year (1992)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
362 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 23 births in a single year.
Jennae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 135 births that decade — 37% of Jennae's all-time total
Jennae decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 108 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jennae's strongest decade
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Jennae by state
Where Jennae concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 7.7% |
28 of 362 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.7% 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, 1977–2015 (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.