Girls' name · peaked in 1985

Jenna name popularity since 1925

148,780 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jenna. Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Jenna is about 29 years old in 2026. Jenna peaked in 1985 as the #50 name for girls, and it ranked #679 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 148,780; Named Jenna, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1985; #50 for girls that year
Typical age: About 29; Median birth year 1997
In 2025: #679; for girls in 2025 (418 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.8% girls; 148,525 girls · 255 boys
Most popular in: Minnesota; 1.72× its national share

Peak year is the year Jenna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Jenna births per year, 1925–2025

1985 was the biggest year for Jenna both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1979 and 1984, Jenna became 9× more common, from 1 in 2,580 baby girls to 1 in 286.
Steepest fall: Between 2008 and 2013, its share of baby girls fell by 53%, from 1 in 583 to 1 in 1,240.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jenna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jenna.

Decade by decade

Babies named Jenna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	34	0	–
1930s	159	0	#2,825
1940s	155	0	#2,527
1950s	265	0	#1,925
1960s	618	0	#1,506
1970s	4,224	0	#405
1980s	36,601	124	#50
1990s	45,856	53	#84
2000s	45,296	78	#62
2010s	12,485	0	#298
2020–25	2,832	0	#679

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

45.2% of babies named Jenna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:

Where Jenna is most popular

The index compares Jenna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jenna.

State	Index	Babies
Minnesota	1.72×	4,656
North Dakota	1.59×	741
Wisconsin	1.54×	4,479
Delaware	1.52×	467
Alaska	1.48×	325

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Jenna and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Jenna (this page)	148,525	1985
Jena	13,205	1986
Jennah	3,115	2002

Names with a similar story

Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jenna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jenna.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Jenna (1985).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data