How Many People Are Named Jenna?
people named Jenna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,346 people in the US has this name
Based on 148,842 babies named Jenna in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,454 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of JENNY. Use of the name was popularized in the 1980s by the character Jenna Wade on the television series 'Dallas'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jenna in English. Counting Jenna and these spellings together, about 158,312 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jenna (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jenna alive today is about 28 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jenna first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1985, to 6,454 babies. In 2025, 418 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jenna never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #45, in 2001, and it was in the top 100 for 23 years, 1984 to 2006. In 2025 it ranked #679.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #679 |
| Best rank | #45 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | 23 (1984 to 2006) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #76 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jenna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jenna were born in California than in any other state: about 13,868 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jenna was given 2.4 times as often in North Dakota, 2.1 times in South Dakota and 1.9 times in Iowa.
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