NameTides

Jenna

Jenna was the #679 girls' name in the US in 2025 (418 babies), and #1,133 in England & Wales and #496 in Canada.

Jenna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Jenna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaUSScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Jenna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#679 (418)#1,133 (29)#632 (4)#334 (4)#885 (3)#496 (62)—
2024#682 (418)#1,302 (25)#638 (4)—#736 (4)#494 (60)—
2023#630 (472)#1,371 (23)——#445 (8)#541 (54)—
2022#636 (463)#1,452 (21)#418 (7)#354 (4)#747 (4)#438 (69)—
2021#586 (515)#1,039 (33)#558 (5)—#464 (8)#399 (80)—
2020#548 (546)#955 (36)——#628 (5)#346 (91)—
2019#442 (709)#703 (55)#650 (4)#336 (4)#395 (10)#320 (99)—
2018#429 (736)#614 (67)#502 (6)#208 (9)#411 (10)#338 (98)—
2017#386 (811)#604 (70)#409 (8)#263 (6)#301 (15)#292 (113)—
2016#365 (892)#560 (75)#356 (10)#306 (5)#359 (12)#368 (95)—
2015#298 (1,089)#455 (95)#236 (17)#269 (6)#258 (20)#299 (112)—
2014#264 (1,239)#508 (83)#191 (24)#314 (5)#253 (20)#247 (133)—
2013#227 (1,417)#421 (101)#288 (14)#284 (6)#220 (25)#253 (129)—
2012#204 (1,526)#397 (117)#191 (23)#126 (18)#317 (16)#209 (159)—
2011#170 (1,841)#380 (123)#155 (29)#147 (15)#220 (24)#174 (185)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1985 at #50.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jenna is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 4,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jenna by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #284MINew York: #790NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #418INOhio: #483OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #726TXFlorida: #912FL
Jenna (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#41112
Ontario2024#56422

Jenna (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JennaCanadaGirls#49662
JennaEngland & WalesGirls#1,13329
JennaIrelandGirls#8853
JennaNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
JennaNSWGirls—too few
JennaScotlandGirls#6324
JennaUSGirls#679418
JennaUSBoys—too few