How Many People Are Named Jenna?

145,680

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

#373

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Girl Names

#189

See the top 100

Peak Year

1985

6,454 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English, Finnish
Pronunciation: JEN-ə (English), YEN-nah (Finnish)
Gender: Primarily Female

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

Female
99.8%
Male
0.2%

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.

Under 30 78,467
53.9%
30 to 59 66,587
45.7%
60 and over 626
0.4%

📈 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 10023 (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.

California 13,868
New York 11,402
Pennsylvania 8,771
Ohio 8,020
Texas 7,479
Illinois 7,111
Michigan 7,101
Florida 6,203
New Jersey 5,587
Minnesota 4,556
Wisconsin 4,390
Massachusetts 4,274
Indiana 3,785
North Carolina 3,206
Missouri 2,950
Georgia 2,905
Virginia 2,792
Iowa 2,642
Maryland 2,518
Washington 2,242
Arizona 2,198
Connecticut 2,143
Kentucky 2,086
Colorado 2,045
Tennessee 2,011
Louisiana 1,707
Kansas 1,590
Oregon 1,410
Utah 1,348
South Carolina 1,281
Nebraska 1,263
Alabama 1,191
Oklahoma 1,191
West Virginia 1,059
Arkansas 784
Rhode Island 763
North Dakota 725
Maine 710
Nevada 709
Mississippi 705
South Dakota 670
Idaho 657
New Hampshire 631
Hawaii 565
Montana 465
New Mexico 465
Delaware 458
Vermont 359
Alaska 319
Wyoming 214
District of Columbia 137

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