Is Jenae a boy or girl name?

Jenae is a girl’s name. Of the 3,372 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Jenae

Recorded 1958–2025 · United States

Jenae was most popular in 1991, when 165 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,861 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,372 people named Jenae.

Jenae over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jenae’s peak in 1991. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jenae a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jenae is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,372 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.

Names that peaked alongside Jenae

Where Jenae is most concentrated

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