Jenna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Jenna: Recorded since 1979, it reached #12 in 1985, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
118times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#12highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for
6names it appears alongside

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#150
1997	#148
1998	#169
1999	#186
2000	#178
2001	#170
2002	#159
2003	#159
2004	#172
2005	#189
2006	#201
2007	#204
2008	#260
2009	#307
2010	#297
2011	#380
2012	#397
2013	#421
2014	#508
2015	#455
2016	#560
2017	#604
2018	#614
2019	#703
2020	#955
2021	#1039
2022	#1452
2023	#1371
2024	#1302

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 Republic of Ireland in 44 of the 47 years from 1979 to 2025.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1302 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1979–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #391 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1983–2004
Highest recorded position: #12 among girls in New Zealand, in 1985 (recorded 1983–2004).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Jenna appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 44 years beginning in 1979, and has registered 771 births with the name.

Jenna across 5 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.

Jenna'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#391 (1979)	#107 (1984)	#885 (2025)	44 of 47	771 (1979–2025)	65 (1984)
England and Wales · Girls	#150 (1996)	#148 (1997)	#1302 (2024)	29 of 29	4,646 (1996–2024)	315 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#109 (1997)	#74 (2005)	#354 (2022)	24 of 26	363 (1997–2022)	27 (2002)
New Zealand · Girls	#95 (1983)	#12 (1985)	#93 (2004)	12 of 22	1,162 (1983–2004)	232 (1985)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#88 (1984)	#33 (1987)	#99 (1991)	8 of 8	1,166 (1984–1991)	198 (1987)

Jenna by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Jenna in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	6	1 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	201	7 of 10	29
1990s	113	10 of 10	11
2000s	242	10 of 10	24
2010s	177	10 of 10	18
2020s	32	6 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 29 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1984 and 1985, when recorded births fell by 27, from 65 to 38.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Jenna 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 6 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #12 in New Zealand in 1985.

Jenna'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	#1302	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1371	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1039	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#955	36	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#703	55	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#614	67	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#604	70	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#560	75	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#455	95	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#508	83	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#421	101	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#397	117	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#380	123	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#297	159	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#307	150	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#260	189	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#204	253	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#201	244	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#189	267	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#172	291	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#159	304	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#159	275	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#170	250	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#178	243	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#186	236	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#169	257	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#148	315	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#150	289	High	Verified
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	158	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	198	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	187	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	177	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New Zealand	female	#93	46	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#93	45	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#100	44	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#80	54	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#75	70	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#64	81	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#37	120	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#25	154	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#23	170	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#12	232	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#50	93	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#95	53	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#208	9	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#306	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#126	18	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#147	15	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#146	15	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#131	16	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#96	25	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#97	22	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#93	22	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#74	27	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#89	22	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#79	25	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#76	27	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#146	12	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#106	19	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#132	15	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#121	17	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#109	21	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#628	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#395	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#301	15	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	12	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	20	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#253	20	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	25	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	16	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	24	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	25	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	30	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	44	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	31	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#169	29	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	34	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	19	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	20	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#241	11	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#246	17	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	8	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	15	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#223	17	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	13	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	15	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	21	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	27	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	32	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	38	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	65	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1979 and 2025, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #12, first reached in 1985.

It held a top-100 place in 18 years, 9 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 315 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1983, and 45 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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Jenisha · #2727, 19y
Jennah · #1209, 28y
Jenni · #293, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Caleb · #12, 44y
Holly · #11, 46y
Blake · #14, 44y
Logan · #10, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Saoirse · #12, 52y
Brooke · #13, 51y
Holly · #11, 46y
Tiril · #11, 50y

Comparisons involving Jenna

Existing comparison pages where Jenna and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Order changes

Pairs where Jenna and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Courtney vs Jenna
In New Zealand · Girls, Courtney moved into the top 50 at #24 in 1989 as Jenna fell out of it to #64, having been #37 the year before.
Courtney · Jenna · 10 shared years, 1985–2004 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1989 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Jenna measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Jenna at its highest position.

Sarah vs Jenna
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Girls within 2 years — Sarah #1 in 1983, Jenna #12 in 1985.
Sarah · Jenna · 12 shared years, 1983–2004 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1985 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Jenna was ranked #12 in New Zealand · Girls in 1985. 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.

Jenna 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 Jenna without appearing here.

Jenna moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1452 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1371 and #2689.
Barbara Compare
In 2022 they stood at #747 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #445 and #856.
Kelly Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1452 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1371 and #1774.
Rhonda Compare
In 1983 they stood at #523 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #107 and #414.

Moved ahead of Jenna

Eileen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1039 and #1069 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1452 and #876.
Amalie Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1039 and #1102 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1452 and #940.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #703 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #955 and #460.
Bethany Compare
In 2021 they stood at #464 and #517 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #747 and #357.

Moved the opposite way to Jenna

Abigail Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenna went from #391 to #885 while Abigail went from #391 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenna went from #391 to #885 while Alice went from #170 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenna went from #391 to #885 while Anna went from #66 to #26.
Caitlin Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenna went from #391 to #885 while Caitlin went from #523 to #247.

Moved the same way as Jenna

Aoife Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenna went from #391 to #885 and Aoife from #21 to #34.
Audrey Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenna went from #391 to #885 and Audrey from #68 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenna went from #391 to #885 and Eileen from #75 to #443.
Martina Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jenna went from #391 to #885 and Martina from #46 to #325.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 6 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #12 in New Zealand in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jenna

Jenna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jenna across 5 official records

Jenna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Jenna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Comparisons involving Jenna

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Jenna

Jenna and the names beside it

Jenna moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jenna

Moved the opposite way to Jenna

Moved the same way as Jenna

Jenna at a glance

Jenna across 5 official records

Jenna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Jenna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Comparisons involving Jenna

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Jenna

Jenna and the names beside it

Jenna moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jenna

Moved the opposite way to Jenna

Moved the same way as Jenna