Jenin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jeh-NEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Jenin is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Jenin mean?
Arabic: from the Palestinian city of Jenin; also a form of Janine
Jenin is a historic city in the northern West Bank, thought to be the biblical Ein Ganim, 'spring of gardens'.
Is Jenin a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jenin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Jenin, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2004, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Jenin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Jenin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 690% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Jenin, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Jenin in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
Names like Jenin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyla, Zara, Harper, Isla, Lily, Willow, Jannat, Freya, Lyra, Maisie, Ellie, Ivy
Names related to Jenin
Jenna, Jenny, Jennah, Jennie, Jeannie, Jenan, Jeni, Jenni, Jeanine, Jeniyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Mohammad, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Jenin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenin, updated 20 October 2026.