Is Jenise a boy or girl name?

Jenise is a girl’s name. Of the 2,795 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Jenise

Recorded 1950–2025 · United States

Jenise was most popular in 1982, when 70 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,636 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,795 people named Jenise.

Jenise over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jenise’s peak in 1982. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jenise a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jenise is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,795 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 Jenise

Where Jenise 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