Jenayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jeh-NAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Jenayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Jenayah come from?
Modern: spelling of Jenaya; modern elaboration of Jenna or Janae
Meaning borrowed from Jenaya.
Is Jenayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jenayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Jenayah, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Jenayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Nicknames for Jenayah
Names like Jenayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaliyah Zaniyah Kaliyah Jalayah Zaliyah Jaziyah Kamiyah Janiyah Aaliyah Aziyah Zalayah Hadassah
Names related to Jenayah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jenayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenayah, updated 20 October 2026.