How rare is the name Jenna?

140,773 people in the United States have the first name Jenna, about 1 in 2,146. It ranks #401 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JENNA

#401

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
140,773
About
1 in 2,146
This common or more
54.3%
Who bears it

Of the 140,773 people named Jenna, 85.4% reported their origin as White, 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jenna peaked in 1985, when 6,454 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
1985
Births that year
6,454
In 2025*
418 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 148,842 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Jenna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #161. The largest share of babies named Jenna, 45.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#7,57526
1920s#6,48970
1930s#3,574159
1940s#3,909155
1950s#3,400265
1960s#2,306618
1970s#8454,224
1980s#16236,725
1990s#16145,909
2000s#16745,374
2010s#54712,485
2020s#1,2252,832
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–803.8%
Millennials 1981–9645.2%
Generation Z 1997–1243.9%
2013 and later6.5%

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 Jenna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jenna has been most common in Minnesota (1.7×), Alaska (1.6×), and Delaware (1.5×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.21×).

146,420 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 Jenna

#399 Stacey · 141,480#400 Theodore · 141,175#402 Ruby · 140,132#403 Lydia · 139,560

Spelled almost the same

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

#503 Jenny · 111,784#2,166 Jena · 12,289#2,938 Jeanna · 7,696#3,139 Jeana · 6,976#3,227 Jenni · 6,662#4,105 Jenn · 4,695#6,401 Jennah · 2,513#14,160 Jeena · 837

Also a last name

As a last name, Jenna ranks #141,309 of 156,621, with 121 people. See Jenna as a last name

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