Girls' name · since 1977
Jenya
Jenya has 147 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 147
- total births
- 1977–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
147 girls have been named Jenya since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Jenya recorded 147 times among girls since 1977, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2020.
- 147 total births
- 1977–2020 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 71% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jenya's 147 recorded births place it above 68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jenya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jenya's full recorded timeline at 2005, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jenya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2020
- Peak year (2006)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Jenya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jenya's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Jenya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
104 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 104 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Jenya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
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, 1977–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jenya: Baby Name Since 1977 - 147 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jenya. 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 Jenya 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.