Jena

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jena: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jena: Recorded since 1980, with a gap of 15 years, it reached #271 in 1997, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#271highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Jena's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1543
1998	#2165
1999	#1107
2000	#1095
2001	#1870
2002	#1442
2003	#893
2004	#1836
2005	#1165
2006	#1585
2007	#1573
2008	#1584
2009	#2535
2010	#1584
2011	#4049
2012	#2338
2013	#4050
2014	#3514
2015	#4103
2016	#4763
2017	#2706
2018	#3985
2019	#3541
2020	#4535
2021	#3192
2022	#4645
2023	#2927
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2008: #439 among girls in Northern Ireland, #862 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1584 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1980–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1980
First recorded at #542 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1980 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2008
Highest recorded position: #271 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2008).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Jena appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 305 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1980.

Jena across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jena's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#893 (2003)	#3695 (2024)	29 of 29	305 (1996–2024)	28 (2003)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#542 (1980)	#542 (1980)	#862 (2008)	3 of 29	10 (1980–2008)	4 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#271 (1997)	#439 (2008)	3 of 12	11 (1997–2008)	5 (1997)

Jena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jena in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	45	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	157	10 of 10	16
2010s	74	10 of 10	7
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jena appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #271 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Jena's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1165	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#893	28	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1980 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #271, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aedan · #271, 29y
Alister · #271, 28y
Lyndon · #271, 34y
Tamsin · #271, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Emelie · #270, 44y
Lori · #269, 33y
Nicky · #269, 29y
Hala · #275, 35y

Jena was ranked #271 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jena and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jena without appearing here.

Jena moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2706 and #5765.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Carol Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4763 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2706 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Jena

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Marilyn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #1707.
Selma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #1707.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #1711.

Moved the opposite way to Jena

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jena went from #1755 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jena went from #1755 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jena went from #1755 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jena went from #1755 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Jena

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jena went from #1755 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jena went from #1755 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jena went from #1755 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jena went from #1755 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #271 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jena

Jena at a glance

What stands out in Jena's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jena across 3 official records

Jena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jena appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Jena at a glance

What stands out in Jena's record

Jena across 3 official records

Jena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Jena appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Jena

Jena and the names beside it

Jena moved ahead of

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