Jenaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jeh-NAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Jenaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Jenaya come from?
Modern: modern elaboration of Jenna or Janae
Is Jenaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jenaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Jenaya, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Jenaya of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Jenaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Jenaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Jenaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Jenaya, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Jenaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,736 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,961 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
Nicknames for Jenaya
Names like Jenaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya, Amaya, Maya, Raya, Aisha, Khadija, Amira, Inaya, Araya, Aaliyah, Hana, Safa
Names related to Jenaya
Jenna, Jenny, Jena, Jenaiah, Jayna, Jenan, Janey, Jenayah, Janya, Jenae
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, “Jenaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenaya, updated 20 October 2026.