Jenica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JEN-ih-kuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Jenica is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Jenica come from?
Modern: blend of Jen with the -ica ending of Jessica or Monica
Is Jenica a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenica 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 Jenica in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 girls.
Jenica in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
How popular is Jenica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Jenica, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 94 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer girls named Jenica than any year since 1973.
Half of all the girls named Jenica in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 47 | #3,065 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 |
| 1999 | 54 | #2,607 |
| 1998 | 61 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,554 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,253 |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,114 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,767 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,961 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,808 |
| 1984 | 61 | #1,771 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,816 |
| 1982 | 90 | #1,363 |
| 1981 | 94 | #1,328 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,904 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,191 |
| 1977 | 42 | #2,189 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Nicknames for Jenica
Names like Jenica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fatima, Jessica, Athena, Myla, Alina, Lara, Tabitha, Kayla, Eliana, Eliza, Isabella, Sienna
Names related to Jenica
Jenika, Jency, Jennica, Jenicka, Jennika, Jenice, Janica, Janicia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Jenica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenica, updated 20 October 2026.