Jenita

Girl · recorded 1936–2006

  • 2006last recorded
  • 1977best year

Most popular in 1977.

Last recorded in 2006. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jenita.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1936

071319361954197119892006

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 50 recorded years as a table
Jenita, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19366
19386
19424
19454
19473
19493
19505
19523
19534
19543
19555
19563
19575
19584
19594
19604
19613
19625
19635
19645
19655
19675
19687
19695
19706
19719
197210
19736
19746
19756
19768
197713
19788
197912
198010
19817
19827
198311
19845
19856
19865
19877
198810
19893
19903
19914
19924
19993
20023
20063

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jenita isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2006
5
Rank in 2006
#17,168
How rare
1 in 380,241 girls
Since 1936
473

Jenita was last recorded in 2006. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1977, at 13 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jenita doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.