Jenise
Jenise was the 9744th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 1460th; the most babies were born in 1982 (70). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,076 places. More babies were named Jenise in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,744 girls, down 540 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 198270 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,795babies recorded
Jenise popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,744 | 10 |
| 2020 | #9,204 | 11 |
| 2010 | #5,027 | 28 |
| 2000 | #5,223 | 22 |
| 1990 | #2,059 | 65 |
| 1980 | #1,791 | 61 |
| 1970 | #1,890 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,460 | 57 |
| 1950 | #4,501 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jenise, counting every spelling?
Jenise is the most common spelling of a name family that had 10 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 10 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenise | 10 | #9,744 | 42 |
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 Jenise?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jenise (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jenise 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 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jenise.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jenise?
About 2,600 people born in the US named Jenise are alive today, with a median age of 43; half are between 31 and 57. That makes Jenise 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jenise: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jenise, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jenise
How popular is the name Jenise?
Jenise was the 9744th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 1460th; the most babies were born in 1982 (70). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,076 places. More babies were named Jenise in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Jenise a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jenise in the US.