Jena Girl
How popular is Jena?
#5,409 girl name in 2025
23 baby girls were named Jena in the US in 2025, making it the 5409th most popular girl name.
Jena popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,409 for girls (▲ 1230 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 23 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-58% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,059 in 2015, #4,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1986 (619 girls) |
| Highest rank | #371 in 1985 |
| First recorded | 1900 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jena counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jenna family of names ranked #556 for girls in 2025 (#578 the year before), with 512 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jenna | 418 | 82% |
| Jennah | 32 | 6% |
| Jena | 23 | 4% |
| Jeanna | 19 | 4% |
| Jeana | 9 | 2% |
| Jenai | 11 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jena is most popular
Babies named Jena per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Jena by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1910s | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1920s | 39 | #3,349 |
| 1930s | 31 | #2,867 |
| 1940s | 96 | #1,821 |
| 1950s | 378 | #1,378 |
| 1960s | 1,069 | #892 |
| 1970s | 1,753 | #688 |
| 1980s | 4,075 | #371 |
| 1990s | 3,301 | #547 |
| 2000s | 1,772 | #900 |
| 2010s | 563 | #1,928 |
| 2020s | 153 | #4,087 |
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Questions
- Is Jena a boy or girl name?
- Jena is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jena were girls.
- How popular is the name Jena?
- 23 baby girls were named Jena in the US in 2025, making it the 5409th most popular girl name.
- When was Jena most popular?
- Jena peaked in 1986, when 619 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #371 in 1985.
- How many people are named Jena?
- 13,248 babies have been named Jena in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,691 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Jena most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jena was most common in Virginia, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.