Jena
Girl · JEN-a · Cornish
Jena is a girls' name of Cornish origin, meaning “fair, white”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Jena mean?
Cornish: spelling of Jenna; short form of Jennifer, the Cornish Guinevere
“fair, white”
- Say it
- JEN-a
Meaning borrowed from Jenna. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jena a girl's or a boy's name?
Jena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Jena, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 31 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Jena since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Jena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were given Jena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #796, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Jena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 31 | #901 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Jena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Jena, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 619 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the girls named Jena in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 473 girls in the US were given Jena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #619, up from #5,409 for this spelling alone.
Jena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 53 | #3,110 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,122 |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,315 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | 104 | #1,928 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 115 | #1,854 |
| 2007 | 114 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 163 | #1,390 |
| 2005 | 173 | #1,290 |
| 2004 | 211 | #1,086 |
| 2003 | 195 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 228 | #970 |
| 2001 | 252 | #900 |
| 2000 | 217 | #974 |
| 1999 | 265 | #817 |
| 1998 | 240 | #878 |
| 1997 | 270 | #775 |
| 1996 | 302 | #705 |
| 1995 | 299 | #701 |
| 1994 | 325 | #658 |
| 1993 | 377 | #608 |
| 1992 | 429 | #547 |
| 1991 | 377 | #596 |
| 1990 | 417 | #562 |
| 1989 | 470 | #500 |
| 1988 | 498 | #452 |
| 1987 | 582 | #395 |
| 1986 | 619 | #375 |
| 1985 | 614 | #371 |
| 1984 | 492 | #427 |
| 1983 | 177 | #860 |
| 1982 | 178 | #865 |
| 1981 | 240 | #700 |
| 1980 | 205 | #796 |
| 1979 | 183 | #851 |
| 1978 | 186 | #805 |
| 1977 | 192 | #784 |
| 1976 | 170 | #818 |
| 1975 | 210 | #707 |
| 1974 | 173 | #787 |
| 1973 | 217 | #688 |
| 1972 | 136 | #912 |
| 1971 | 146 | #903 |
| 1970 | 140 | #920 |
| 1969 | 112 | #1,032 |
| 1968 | 126 | #920 |
| 1967 | 93 | #1,081 |
| 1966 | 100 | #1,042 |
| 1965 | 110 | #989 |
| 1964 | 120 | #964 |
| 1963 | 139 | #892 |
| 1962 | 110 | #1,024 |
| 1961 | 90 | #1,161 |
| 1960 | 69 | #1,327 |
| 1959 | 53 | #1,477 |
| 1958 | 59 | #1,378 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,549 |
| 1956 | 47 | #1,547 |
| 1955 | 41 | #1,596 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,800 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,745 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,821 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
Nicknames for Jena
Names like Jena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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