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Jenna

Girl

Meaning of Jenna: Welsh: 'fair phantom'

Jenna is a girl's name most strongly associated with English naming. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 665th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 1302nd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#665

418 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#1302

25 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

148,842

First recorded 1915 · peak 1985

Trend

falling

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 1,366 babies1982: 1,020 babies1983: 1,168 babies1984: 5,900 babies1985: 6,454 babies1986: 5,437 babies1987: 5,329 babies1988: 4,624 babies1989: 4,352 babies1990: 3,963 babies19901991: 4,472 babies1992: 5,104 babies1993: 4,887 babies1994: 4,605 babies1995: 4,254 babies1996: 4,288 babies1997: 4,422 babies1998: 4,866 babies1999: 5,048 babies2000: 5,053 babies20002001: 6,149 babies2002: 5,671 babies2003: 5,368 babies2004: 5,202 babies2005: 4,802 babies2006: 3,949 babies2007: 3,304 babies2008: 3,241 babies2009: 2,635 babies2010: 2,225 babies20102011: 1,841 babies2012: 1,526 babies2013: 1,417 babies2014: 1,239 babies2015: 1,089 babies2016: 892 babies2017: 811 babies2018: 736 babies2019: 709 babies2020: 546 babies20202021: 515 babies2022: 463 babies2023: 472 babies2024: 418 babies2025: 418 babies
US babies named Jenna per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 6,454.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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