How many Jenins are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Jenin are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Jenin in 2025?

Jenin ranks #4546 among US girl names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Jenin?

About 1 in every 53,576 US girls born in 2025 was named Jenin — 30 in all.

Will my child share the name Jenin with classmates?

Jenin will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Jenin

Feminine

#4546 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare30 girls in 2025

Jenin entered the US charts in 2002, peaked at #3103 in 2002, ranks #4546 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Jenin?

Jenin first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. The typical Jenin is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 300 people named Jenin are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Jenin most popular?

Jenin peaked in 2002, reaching #3103 nationally. Today it ranks #4546, 1,443 places below that high. See the whole 2002 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 2002
Most girls named: 200246 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #3103reached in 2002
Change vs 2024: −9.1%30 in 2025, from 33

Jenin sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2002, with 46 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Jenin in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, California, New Jersey.

Jenins among us

300

people named Jenin are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 53,576 born in 2025 was named Jenin

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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What happens to a name after it peaks

The Sheldon test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jenin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sheldon climbed just as high around 1936, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sheldon's path sketches the road Jenin is walking now.

40%chance Jenin will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Jenin, aligned on its peakSheldon· peak 1936not yet written

Jenin today is about where Sheldon stood in 1959 — 23 years past a #3103-sized peak. By 1974, Sheldon had settled around #6803.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Jenin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Jenin is headed

Jenin is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 160% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Rising+160% by 2030projected around #2,438 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Jenin beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Jenin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Jeninthis name30#4546Amie30#4546Rashell30#4546Renatta30#4546Raisa30#4546

US girls given each name in 2025.

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How many Jenins are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Jenin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Jenin in 2025?: Jenin ranks #4546 among US girl names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Jenin?: About 1 in every 53,576 US girls born in 2025 was named Jenin — 30 in all.
Will my child share the name Jenin with classmates?: Jenin will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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Amie^#4546 · Rashell^#4546 · Renatta^#4546 · Raisa^#4546 · Amena^#4546 · Aryn^#4546 · Nadiya^#4546 · Jeanne^#4546

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