Jena
#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #5,751
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 614 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,241since 1900
Jena over time
Rank among girls' names. Jena has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,410 | 23 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,923 | 37 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,789 | 39 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,059 | 55 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,112 | 53 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,123 | 52 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,315 | 81 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,638 | 67 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,928 | 104 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,989 | 104 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,854 | 115 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,848 | 114 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,390 | 163 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,290 | 173 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,086 | 211 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,126 | 195 | — | |
| 2002 | #971 | 228 | — | |
| 2001 | #900 | 252 | — | |
| 2000 | #975 | 217 | — | |
| 1999 | #818 | 265 | — | |
| 1998 | #878 | 240 | — | |
| 1997 | #775 | 270 | — | |
| 1996 | #705 | 302 | — | |
| 1995 | #702 | 299 | — | |
| 1994 | #658 | 325 | — | |
| 1993 | #608 | 377 | — | |
| 1992 | #547 | 429 | — | |
| 1991 | #596 | 377 | — | |
| 1990 | #563 | 417 | — | |
| 1989 | #500 | 470 | — | |
| 1988 | #452 | 498 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #395 | 582 | — | |
| 1986 | #375 | 619 | — | |
| 1985 | #371 | 614 | — | |
| 1984 | #427 | 492 | — | |
| 1983 | #860 | 177 | — | |
| 1982 | #865 | 178 | — | |
| 1981 | #700 | 240 | — | |
| 1980 | #796 | 205 | — | |
| 1979 | #851 | 183 | — | |
| 1978 | #805 | 186 | — | |
| 1977 | #784 | 192 | — | |
| 1976 | #818 | 170 | — | |
| 1975 | #707 | 210 | — | |
| 1974 | #787 | 173 | — | |
| 1973 | #688 | 217 | — | |
| 1972 | #912 | 136 | — | |
| 1971 | #903 | 146 | — | |
| 1970 | #920 | 140 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,032 | 112 | — | |
| 1968 | #920 | 126 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,081 | 93 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,042 | 100 | — | |
| 1965 | #989 | 110 | — | |
| 1964 | #964 | 120 | — | |
| 1963 | #892 | 139 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,024 | 110 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,162 | 90 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,328 | 69 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,478 | 53 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,379 | 59 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,548 | 47 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,597 | 41 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | — | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
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| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Jena! It came in at #1,932, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jena is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Dakota#144 · 1 in 679
- Minnesota#166 · 1 in 1,022
- Wisconsin#192 · 1 in 1,146
- Iowa#271 · 1 in 1,738
- Nebraska#287 · 1 in 1,810
Best ever in a state: #119 in Wyoming, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #144 | 6 | 1 in 679 |
| Minnesota | #166 | 27 | 1 in 1,022 |
| Wisconsin | #192 | 25 | 1 in 1,146 |
| Iowa | #271 | 9 | 1 in 1,738 |
| Nebraska | #287 | 5 | 1 in 1,810 |
| Ohio | #295 | 32 | 1 in 2,145 |
| Florida | #323 | 34 | 1 in 2,145 |
| Pennsylvania | #323 | 30 | 1 in 2,330 |
| Michigan | #326 | 24 | 1 in 2,393 |
| Colorado | #361 | 9 | 1 in 2,318 |
| Missouri | #378 | 11 | 1 in 2,879 |
| Indiana | #401 | 11 | 1 in 3,084 |
| Louisiana | #418 | 10 | 1 in 2,631 |
| Maryland | #431 | 8 | 1 in 3,246 |
| North Carolina | #438 | 11 | 1 in 3,485 |
| Washington | #463 | 9 | 1 in 3,101 |
| Tennessee | #474 | 8 | 1 in 3,616 |
| Kentucky | #484 | 5 | 1 in 4,092 |
| Georgia | #493 | 11 | 1 in 3,647 |
| Oklahoma | #508 | 5 | 1 in 3,481 |
| New Jersey | #515 | 11 | 1 in 4,117 |
| Texas | #523 | 35 | 1 in 3,666 |
| New York | #547 | 29 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Massachusetts | #577 | 7 | 1 in 5,318 |
| Illinois | #585 | 16 | 1 in 4,607 |
| California | #609 | 52 | 1 in 4,393 |
| Arizona | #696 | 5 | 1 in 5,037 |
| Virginia | #741 | 5 | 1 in 7,176 |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jena
- 1,232 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #5,410)
- 862 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #5,410)
- 2,351 spots since 2015 (#3,059 → #5,410)
- Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1984 (#860 → #427)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1982 (#700 → #865)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1985 at #371 (614 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1970–2002
- Highest: 1 in 2,771 girls born in 1986 were named Jena (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 69,881 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #371 in 1985, was only 1 in 2,803 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.8% of all girls named Jena (4,075) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,932 (1900) | #1,932 |
| 1910s | 6 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,083 |
| 1920s | 39 | #3,350 (1923) | #4,293 |
| 1930s | 31 | #2,868 (1933) | #3,862 |
| 1940s | 96 | #1,822 (1947) | #3,444 |
| 1950s | 378 | #1,379 (1958) | #1,761 |
| 1960s | 1,069 | #892 (1963) | #1,043 |
| 1970s | 1,753 | #688 (1973) | #818 |
| 1980s | 4,075 | #371 (1985) | #574 |
| 1990s | 3,301 | #547 (1992) | #685 |
| 2000s | 1,772 | #900 (2001) | #1,343 |
| 2010s | 563 | #1,928 (2010) | #3,181 |
| 2020s | 153 | #4,090 (2021) | #5,185 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jena in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 3,576 of them was named Jena, which outranked 96.7% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 273,469 of them was named Jena, which outranked 32.3% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,200Zakariah8
- #5,200Zan8
- #5,200Zubair8
- #5,751Jena7
- #5,751Aakash7
- #5,751Abdias7
- #5,751Abelino7
- #6,426Abdon6
- #6,426Abdrew6
- #6,426Abed6
Tied with 674 names at #5,751; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.