Jenai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-NAY
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Jenai is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Jenai come from?
Modern: modern variant of Janae or Jenay
Is Jenai a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenai is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jenai in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 7 girls.
Jenai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
How popular is Jenai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Jenai, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had more girls named Jenai than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Jenai in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 171 girls in the US were given Jenai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,176, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Jenai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
Names like Jenai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Hannah, Chloe, Jessica, Zoe, Amber, Molly, Emily, Ellie, Leah, Erin, Mia
Other spellings of Jenai
Names related to Jenai
Jenna, Jean, Jeanie, Jennah, Jennie, Jena, Jeannie, Jenaya, Janai, Jenaiah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jenai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenai, updated 20 October 2026.