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Jenna
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛnə/
Rank in 2024
#684
Born in 2024
416
Peak year
1985 · #50
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 416 girls were named Jenna, about 1 in every 3,878.
- It peaked in 1985 with 6,436 babies, ranked #50.
- It first shows up in the records in 1915.
- 148,163 girls have been named Jenna since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jenna per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 2.4Millennials1981–96
- 2.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 77 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 247 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 617 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,653 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Millennials: 67,048 babies, 2.37 per 1,000. Gen Z: 65,219 babies, 2.24 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,302 babies, 0.46 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A Cornish name, usually as a diminutive form of Jennifer. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna when based on Jenny's other derivations.
- A female given name, variant of Jenny. [1970s]
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒɛnə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jenna, CC BY-SA 4.0.