Jena
Jena was the 5474th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 1985, when it ranked 371st; the most babies were born in 1986 (619). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,402 places. More babies were named Jena in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,474 girls, down 873 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 23girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1986619 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,248babies recorded
Jena popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 7 since 1988.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,474 | 23 |
| 2020 | #4,601 | 29 |
| 2010 | #1,932 | 104 |
| 2000 | #977 | 217 |
| 1990 | #563 | 417 |
| 1980 | #796 | 205 |
| 1970 | #923 | 140 |
| 1960 | #1,334 | 69 |
| 1950 | #2,290 | 19 |
| 1940 | #4,078 | 6 |
| 1930 | #4,876 | 5 |
| 1920 | #4,647 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | #2,067 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jena, counting every spelling?
Jena is the most common spelling of a name family that had 32 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 32 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jena | 23 | #5,474 | 124 |
| Jeana | 9 | #10,456 | 58 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jena?
23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jena (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jena born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jena.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jena?
About 12,600 people born in the US named Jena are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 29 and 46. That makes Jena mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jena by state
How common Jena was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jena: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jena, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jena
How popular is the name Jena?
Jena was the 5474th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 1985, when it ranked 371st; the most babies were born in 1986 (619). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,402 places. More babies were named Jena in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Jena a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jena in the US.
Where is Jena most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jena was most common in Virginia (0.03 per 1,000 girls).