# Jena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jena/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɛnə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,248 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7 / 13,241 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 308, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 67 | 2,648 |
| 2012 | 81 | 2,324 |
| 2013 | 52 | 3,143 |
| 2014 | 53 | 3,123 |
| 2015 | 55 | 3,072 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,196 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,807 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,813 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,961 |
| 2020 | 29 | 4,601 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4,133 |
| 2022 | 25 | 5,232 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5,310 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,779 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,474 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 7 | 6,067 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Jena

- Jena Malone, American actress
- Jena Lee, French singer
- Jena Hansen, Danish sailor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.