Jenan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jeh-NAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Jenan is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gardens of Paradise”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Jenan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Jinan
“gardens of Paradise”
Arabic jinan is the plural of janna, 'garden', the word the Qur'an uses for Paradise.
Is Jenan a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jenan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Jenan, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Jenan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 2 | #7,391 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Jenan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Jenan, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had more girls named Jenan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Jenan in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Jenan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hana Zara Ayat Safa Lyla Yusra Zainab Ayah Raya Jannat Anaya Layla
Names related to Jenan
Jenna Jean Jenny Jennah Jennie Jena Jinan Jeannie Jeanne Jenaiah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Mohammed Mohammad Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Liyana
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, “Jenan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenan, updated 20 October 2026.