Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jenita

#11,423 most common girls' name of all time · #18,926 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1936–2006

Rank among girls
#11,423
Rank overall
#18,926 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
473
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1977 #3,664
Best rank
#3,664 1977
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
1940196019802000

Jenita first appears in 1936. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2006 5 — 5 #17,477
2002 5 — 5 #15,720
1999 6 — 6 #12,921
1992 7 — 7 #10,671
1991 7 — 7 #10,485
1990 5 — 5 #13,282
1989 6 — 6 #11,126
1988 17 — 17 #4,895
1987 13 — 13 #5,699
1986 8 — 8 #7,915
1985 10 — 10 #6,570
1984 9 — 9 #6,963
1983 18 — 18 #4,165
1982 12 — 12 #5,651
1981 11 — 11 #6,005
1980 17 — 17 #4,413
1979 20 — 20 #3,811
1978 12 — 12 #5,314
1977 20 — 20 #3,664
1976 11 — 11 #5,331
1975 9 — 9 #6,135
1974 9 — 9 #5,912
1973 9 — 9 #5,737
1972 15 — 15 #3,977
1971 15 — 15 #4,022
1970 11 — 11 #4,869
1969 9 — 9 #5,217
1968 11 — 11 #4,335
1967 8 — 8 #5,177
1965 9 — 9 #4,636
1964 10 — 10 #4,494
1963 10 — 10 #4,405
1962 10 — 10 #4,411
1961 7 — 7 #5,575
1960 9 — 9 #4,634
1959 9 — 9 #4,485
1958 9 — 9 #4,382
1957 10 — 10 #4,102
1956 6 — 6 #5,673
1955 10 — 10 #3,969
1954 5 — 5 #6,220
1953 7 — 7 #4,860
1952 6 — 6 #5,327
1950 8 — 8 #4,212
1949 5 — 5 #5,795
1947 5 — 5 #5,808
1945 5 — 5 #5,080
1942 5 — 5 #5,207
1938 7 — 7 #3,826
1936 6 — 6 #4,162