Jenise
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jeh-NEES
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Jenise is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Jenise mean?
Hebrew: variant of Janice, from Jane
“God is gracious”
A form of Janice, an elaboration of Jane popularised by the 1899 novel Janice Meredith.
Is Jenise a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenise is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jenise in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 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, 10 girls in the US were named Jenise, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Jenise in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jenise in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,412 |
| 1992 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 65 | #2,048 |
| 1989 | 48 | #2,403 |
| 1988 | 57 | #2,046 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,194 |
| 1985 | 70 | #1,665 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,837 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,926 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,641 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,734 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,785 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,343 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,987 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,996 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,906 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,848 |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,607 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,805 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,877 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,755 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,728 |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,640 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1965 | 55 | #1,500 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,731 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,564 |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,606 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,498 |
| 1960 | 57 | #1,453 |
| 1959 | 48 | #1,566 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,549 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,967 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,768 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,181 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
Nicknames for Jenise
Names like Jenise
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michelle, Danielle, Janelle, Jasmine, Jamie, Nicole, Joelle, Elise, Josette, Jade, Noelle, Jolene
Names related to Jenise
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Jenise: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenise, updated 20 October 2026.