How Many People Are Named Jena?
people named Jena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 27,057 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,248 babies named Jena in Social Security records from 1900 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
619 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of JENNIFER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jena in English. Counting Jena and these spellings together, about 158,312 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jena in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jena alive today is about 37 years old, and 65% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jena first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1986, to 619 babies. In 2025, 23 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #371, in 1985. In 2025 it ranked #5,473.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,473 |
| Best rank | #371 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #512 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jena were born in California than in any other state: about 1,106 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jena was given 2.4 times as often in Louisiana, 2.1 times in Minnesota and 2 times in Wisconsin.
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