How Many People Are Named Jenah?
An estimated 464 people in the United States have the first name Jenah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Jenah peaked in popularity in 2008 with 32 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Jenah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Jenah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
464
About 1 in 738,695 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
2008
32 births
Total Registered
476
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Jenah
Jenah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 476 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Jenah as a female name
Ranked #16,602 in 2019
5 female births in 2019
Peak: 2008 (32 births)
Jenah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Jenah span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 196 babies were registered. While Jenah is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Jenah by Decade
How has Jenah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Jenah by State
Jenah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Jenah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Jenah
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Jenah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jenah?
We estimate approximately 464 people named Jenah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 738,695 Americans share this first name.
Is Jenah a common name?
Jenah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 476 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Jenah most popular?
Jenah reached peak popularity in 2008, when 32 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Jenah is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Jenah a female name?
Jenah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Jenah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Jenah Smith, Jenah Johnson, Jenah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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