Girls' name · since 1979
Jennia
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Jennia, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 56
- total births
- 1979–2008
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Jennia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 56 recorded since 1979.
Jennia has 56 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2008.
- 56 total births
- 1979–2008 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jennia's 56 recorded births place it above 53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jennia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jennia's full recorded timeline at 1998, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jennia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2008
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jennia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jennia's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jennia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (50% of all-time use).
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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, 1979–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jennia: Baby Name Since 1979 - 56 Births, Peak 2002." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jennia. 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 Jennia 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.