Girls' name · since 1977
Jennae
Jennae has 362 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 362
- total births
- 1977–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
362 girls have been named Jennae since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jennae has 362 recorded births among girls since 1977, 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 1977 to 2015.
- 362 total births
- 1977–2015 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 37% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jennae's 362 recorded births place it above 80% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jennae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jennae splits its recorded history at 1994: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jennae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2015
- Peak year (1992)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Jennae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jennae's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jennae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
108 births
- 1990s
1990s
135 births
- 2000s
2000s
86 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 135 births (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.
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- Jennae's decade-level peak was the 1990s (135 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jennaes (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1977–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jennae: Baby Name Since 1977 - 362 Births, Peak 1992." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jennae. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jennae 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 July 2026.