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How popular is the name Jenna?

Births per year, rank history and how many Jennas are alive today.

Jenna (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 29 in 2025, ranked 1133rd. This spelling of the name peaked in 1984, when around 770 babies were given the name, the 45th most popular that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2025 figure is roughly 4% of its peak. At least 11,000 babies have been named Jenna in England and Wales since 1984. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Jenna is one spelling of a name also recorded as Jennah; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Jenna you are most likely to meet is around 42 years old. Half of all Jennas born in England and Wales are between 28 and 44, and there are at least 16,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 5% chance that at least one of them will be called Jenna.

How many babies are named Jenna each year?

Includes all spellings: Jenna, Jennah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

02505007501k200020201984: ~774 estimated (579-970)1996: 2891997: 3191998: 2641999: 2432000: 2482001: 2552002: 2802003: 3132004: 3022005: 2802006: 2522007: 2682008: 2052009: 1752010: 1792011: 1362012: 1332013: 1282014: 972015: 1072016: 872017: 862018: 752019: 592020: 392021: 442022: 272023: 322024: 332025: 33estimatedactual

Where does the Jenna spelling rank?

1101001,0002,000200020201984: ranked 451996: ranked 1501997: ranked 1481998: ranked 1691999: ranked 1862000: ranked 1782001: ranked 1702002: ranked 1592003: ranked 1592004: ranked 1722005: ranked 1892006: ranked 2012007: ranked 2042008: ranked 2602009: ranked 3072010: ranked 2972011: ranked 3802012: ranked 3972013: ranked 4212014: ranked 5082015: ranked 4552016: ranked 5602017: ranked 6042018: ranked 6142019: ranked 7032020: ranked 9552021: ranked 1,0392022: ranked 1,4522023: ranked 1,3712024: ranked 1,3022025: ranked 1,133

Where does the Jennah spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201997: ranked 3,1741998: ranked 2,1651999: ranked 2,1892000: ranked 2,7462001: ranked 2,7832002: ranked 2,8682003: ranked 1,9962004: ranked 1,8362005: ranked 1,6902006: ranked 2,5092007: ranked 1,6562008: ranked 1,6412009: ranked 1,2092010: ranked 1,4722011: ranked 2,0252012: ranked 1,8092013: ranked 1,2532014: ranked 1,9662015: ranked 2,1952016: ranked 2,2332017: ranked 1,8172018: ranked 2,9012019: ranked 4,6862020: ranked 5,4932021: ranked 2,3412022: ranked 3,5342023: ranked 2,6892024: ranked 3,0162025: ranked 4,867

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

When was the name Jenna most popular?

Jenna peaked in 1984, when around 770 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Jenna?

At least 16,000 people named Jenna in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Jenna?

Most living Jennas are between 28 and 44; the most common age is about 42.

Is Jenna becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak.






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