Jenna
Girl · JEN-a · Cornish
Jenna is a girls' name of Cornish origin, meaning “fair, white”. In 2025 it ranked 996th for girls in the UK (37 babies) and 679th for girls in the US (418 babies).
What does Jenna mean?
Cornish: short form of Jennifer, the Cornish Guinevere
“fair, white”
- Say it
- JEN-a
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the UK and 418 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jenna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #996among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 7,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the UK were named Jenna, making it the 996th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 987th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 442 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jenna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were given Jenna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #796, up from #996 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,133rd in England and Wales, 632nd in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#45).
Jenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #996 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 38 | #993 |
| 2020 | 37 | #987 |
| 2019 | 63 | #669 |
| 2018 | 82 | #560 |
| 2017 | 84 | #557 |
| 2016 | 90 | #525 |
| 2015 | 118 | #426 |
| 2014 | 112 | #431 |
| 2013 | 121 | #400 |
| 2012 | 158 | #339 |
| 2011 | 167 | #326 |
| 2010 | 217 | #257 |
| 2009 | 221 | #242 |
| 2008 | 271 | #215 |
| 2007 | 377 | #164 |
| 2006 | 345 | #178 |
| 2005 | 374 | #160 |
| 2004 | 413 | #144 |
| 2003 | 441 | #126 |
| 2002 | 384 | #138 |
| 2001 | 356 | #146 |
| 2000 | 337 | #150 |
| 1999 | 325 | #161 |
| 1998 | 364 | #141 |
| 1997 | 442 | #128 |
| 1996 | 360 | #137 |
How popular is Jenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #679among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 418about 1 in 3,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 418 girls in the US were named Jenna, making it the 679th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 548th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 6,436 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Jenna in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 473 girls in the US were given Jenna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #619, up from #679 for this spelling alone.
Jenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 418 | #679 |
| 2024 | 418 | #682 |
| 2023 | 472 | #630 |
| 2022 | 463 | #636 |
| 2021 | 515 | #586 |
| 2020 | 546 | #548 |
| 2019 | 709 | #442 |
| 2018 | 736 | #429 |
| 2017 | 811 | #386 |
| 2016 | 892 | #365 |
| 2015 | 1,089 | #298 |
| 2014 | 1,239 | #264 |
| 2013 | 1,417 | #227 |
| 2012 | 1,526 | #204 |
| 2011 | 1,841 | #170 |
| 2010 | 2,225 | #141 |
| 2009 | 2,635 | #121 |
| 2008 | 3,241 | #108 |
| 2007 | 3,304 | #103 |
| 2006 | 3,941 | #88 |
| 2005 | 4,796 | #62 |
| 2004 | 5,175 | #56 |
| 2003 | 5,352 | #55 |
| 2002 | 5,664 | #47 |
| 2001 | 6,143 | #45 |
| 2000 | 5,045 | #63 |
| 1999 | 5,043 | #61 |
| 1998 | 4,866 | #65 |
| 1997 | 4,422 | #76 |
| 1996 | 4,288 | #83 |
| 1995 | 4,254 | #84 |
| 1994 | 4,594 | #80 |
| 1993 | 4,882 | #70 |
| 1992 | 5,091 | #67 |
| 1991 | 4,460 | #80 |
| 1990 | 3,956 | #81 |
| 1989 | 4,339 | #71 |
| 1988 | 4,607 | #66 |
| 1987 | 5,305 | #57 |
| 1986 | 5,416 | #55 |
| 1985 | 6,436 | #50 |
| 1984 | 5,882 | #54 |
| 1983 | 1,168 | #215 |
| 1982 | 1,012 | #247 |
| 1981 | 1,361 | #197 |
| 1980 | 1,075 | #238 |
| 1979 | 621 | #364 |
| 1978 | 463 | #431 |
| 1977 | 531 | #394 |
| 1976 | 484 | #417 |
| 1975 | 501 | #404 |
| 1974 | 469 | #418 |
| 1973 | 591 | #359 |
| 1972 | 304 | #550 |
| 1971 | 152 | #880 |
| 1970 | 108 | #1,093 |
| 1969 | 114 | #1,019 |
| 1968 | 68 | #1,347 |
| 1967 | 55 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 60 | #1,416 |
| 1965 | 55 | #1,500 |
| 1964 | 60 | #1,462 |
| 1963 | 56 | #1,489 |
| 1962 | 63 | #1,395 |
| 1961 | 55 | #1,519 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,012 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,764 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,375 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,057 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,906 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,986 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,782 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,265 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,115 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,120 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,068 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,317 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,945 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,691 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,548 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Nicknames for Jenna
Names like Jenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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