How rare is the name Jena?

12,289 people in the United States have the first name Jena, about 1 in 24,577. It ranks #2,166 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JENA

#2,166

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,289
About
1 in 24,577
This common or more
78.8%
Who bears it

Of the 12,289 people named Jena, 80.5% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jena peaked in 1986, when 619 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1986
Births that year
619
In 2025*
23 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,248 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jena by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #934. The largest share of babies named Jena, 48.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#10,9266
1920s#8,29739
1930s#7,78231
1940s#5,15896
1950s#2,807378
1960s#1,7461,069
1970s#1,4091,753
1980s#9344,082
1990s#1,2383,301
2000s#2,2271,772
2010s#5,207563
2020s#8,810153
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–647.3%
Generation X 1965–8018.9%
Millennials 1981–9648.3%
Generation Z 1997–1221.1%
2013 and later3.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jena is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jena has been most common in Louisiana (2.2×), Minnesota (2×), and Wisconsin (1.9×), and least common in Alabama (0.33×).

9,497 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jena

#2,164 Tam · 12,308#2,165 Jun · 12,305#2,167 Nola · 12,273#2,168 Kendal · 12,270

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jena, most common first.

#401 Jenna · 140,773#1,805 Jen · 16,431#3,139 Jeana · 6,976#4,105 Jenn · 4,695#5,304 Jeni · 3,267#5,565 Jenae · 3,054#7,500 Jene · 2,030#10,076 Jeny · 1,341

Also a last name

As a last name, Jena ranks #41,034 of 156,621, with 573 people. See Jena as a last name

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