Jennah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JEN-a
- Origin
- Cornish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Jennah is a girls' name of Cornish origin, meaning “fair, white”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Jennah mean?
Cornish: spelling of Jenna; short form of Jennifer, the Cornish Guinevere
“fair, white”
Meaning borrowed from Jenna. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jennah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jennah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jennah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Jennah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 29 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Jennah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Jennah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were given Jennah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #796, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Jennah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,285 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Jennah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,351st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Jennah, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 135 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Jennah in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 473 girls in the US were given Jennah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #619, up from #4,351 for this spelling alone.
Jennah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,923 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 77 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 93 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 112 | #1,807 |
| 2011 | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 105 | #1,913 |
| 2009 | 102 | #2,016 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,949 |
| 2007 | 88 | #2,231 |
| 2006 | 105 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 92 | #2,029 |
| 2004 | 85 | #2,115 |
| 2003 | 108 | #1,742 |
| 2002 | 135 | #1,417 |
| 2001 | 113 | #1,619 |
| 2000 | 105 | #1,671 |
| 1999 | 118 | #1,459 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,688 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,896 |
| 1996 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 |
| 1994 | 63 | #2,137 |
| 1993 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,314 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 41 | #2,397 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Nicknames for Jennah
Names like Jennah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Mia, Lily, Hannah, Summer, Zara, Delilah, Willow, Zainab, Scarlett, Jannah, Aaliyah
Other spellings of Jennah
Names related to Jennah
More Cornish names
Elowyn, Lowen, Elowen, Jennifer, Denzel, Merryn, Lowenna, Sennen, Elowynn, Morwenna, Demelza, Senara, Merrin, Zennor, Kitto, Lerryn
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, “Jennah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jennah, updated 20 October 2026.