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How popular is the name Jena?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jenas are alive today.
Jena (female) is a shortened form of the name Jennifer. Although Jena itself was given to 3 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 5927th as a registered name), most Jenas are registered as Jennifer, which ranked 650th in 2025 with 59 babies.
Most people called Jena are registered as Jennifer, and share that name's profile: the Jennifer you are most likely to meet is around 42 years old - or else around 80: the name has two living generations. Half of all Jennifers born in England and Wales are between 39 and 73, and there are at least 130,000 of them alive today. Only some Jennifers go by Jena.
How many babies are named Jena or Jennifer each year?
Combined registrations of Jennifer, Jena. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Jennifer rank as a registered name?
Where does Jena rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Jena short for Jennifer?
Yes - Jena is a shortened form of Jennifer. Jenas are usually registered as Jennifer at birth.
When was the name Jena most popular?
The full name Jennifer peaked in 1984, when around 5,000 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Jena itself peaked as a registered name in 2003, with 28 babies.
How many people are called Jena?
There's no official count of people who go by Jena, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 130,000 people registered as Jennifer born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Jena.
How old is the typical Jena?
Most people called Jena are registered as Jennifer. Most living Jennifers are between 39 and 73; the most common age is about 42. There is a second cluster around 80.
Is Jena becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak.