Recorded 1900–2025 · United States
Jena was most popular in 1986, when 619 American babies were given the name — ranking #700 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,389, with 23 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 13,248 people named Jena.
Jena first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1900, which makes it about 125 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 98 of the 126 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 13,248 American births named Jena between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 12,681 are estimated to be alive today.
23 American babies were named Jena in 2025, ranking #9,389 that year.
Jena is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 25 births a year, against 62 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -60% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Jena is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 13,248 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 12,681 Americans named Jena are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 38 years old, and half are between 29 and 46.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org