Jena
- Pronunciation
- [Je-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variation Of Jenny Which Is A Diminutive Of Jane And Jennifer.
- Origin
- English
Jena Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 13,217 baby girls have been named Jena. The name peaked in 1986 with 619 US births that year (rank #375). In 2024, ranked #6749 nationally — 6,374 places below its 1986 peak.
Top States for Jena
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Jena births are: California (1,147), Texas (878), Pennsylvania (674).
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4-Letter Names Starting with J
Names with Jena's exact length and starting letter: Jaap, Jace, Jaci, Jack, Jacy.
Quick Facts About Jena
US Popularity History (2000–2002)
Annual US births named Jena by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 252 girls named Jena (girl rank #901 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2002, ranked #971 for girls (228 US births). That's 70 places below its 2001 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Jena Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2001–2010 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Jena the strongest states are Louisiana, Missouri, Wisconsin.
Strongest girls-name states
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2001–2010. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Jena in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Jena to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Jena against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).