Girls' name · since 1980

Jennika

468 babies named Jennika in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#12,344 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,327 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
468
born since 1980
2010s
peak decade

Jennika currently ranks #10327 among girls' names in America, with 468 babies recorded since 1980.

Jennika has 468 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10327 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.

  • #12,344 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,327 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 468 born since 1980
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennika ranks #12,344 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,327 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 468 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.

#12,344 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,327 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
468
born since 1980
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%40.2%
Jennika vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Jennika's 468 recorded births place it above 82.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Jennika compares

468 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Jennika's all-time total is 24% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jennika Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 468 376 567,345
Peak-year births 33 21 19,840

Jennika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jennika's full recorded timeline at 2002, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jennika popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2013)
33
Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
010203040 19801987199319992005201120172025 9

Jennika by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (155 births, 33% of the file).

2010s was Jennika's strongest decade.

155 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.

Jennika births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 155 births (33% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Jennika by state

Where Jennika concentrates geographically, total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Jennika
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
10 2.1%
#2 Texas
8 1.7%
California share of Jennika's total US births 2.1%
Even split

10 of 468 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jennika?
468 babies have been named Jennika since 1980. All-time, it sits at #12,344 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #10,327 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2013 with 33 births.
Where does Jennika sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jennika ranks #12,344 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,327 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jennika most popular?
Jennika was most popular in the 2010s decade with 155 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
Where is Jennika most popular?
The top states for the name Jennika are California (10 births), Texas (8 births).
How long has the name Jennika been used?
The SSA has tracked Jennika since 1980 -- 46 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Jennika?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jennifer, Jenna, Jennie, Jenny, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Jennika's data

  • Jennika's decade-level peak was the 2010s (155 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Jennikas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Jennika

Nearby Names Like Jennika

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Jennika

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jennika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1980–2025 (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 Jennika 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.