Jenna
Top 1000
About Jenna
Jenna was first noted on the 1980s TV series Dallas, later associated with one of the First Twin Daughters. Jenna is still being used, but no longer feels much fresher than Jennifer. You can also spell it Jena, but then many people will pronounce it jeen-a, as in Gina.
Pronounced JEN-uh.
As of October 2026, Jenna ranked #679 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #45 in 2001, Nameberry popularity #521.
Editor's take: The name Jenna is a girl's name of English, Welsh origin meaning "white shadow, white wave".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #264 | 1,238 | 693 |
| 2015 | #298 | 1,089 | 610.1 |
| 2016 | #365 | 891 | 502.8 |
| 2017 | #386 | 811 | 469.7 |
| 2018 | #430 | 736 | 432.7 |
| 2019 | #442 | 709 | 422.4 |
| 2020 | #548 | 546 | 337.8 |
| 2021 | #586 | 514 | 313.3 |
| 2022 | #636 | 463 | 282.3 |
| 2023 | #630 | 472 | 294.2 |
| 2024 | #683 | 416 | 256.8 |
| 2025 | #679 | 418 | 260.1 |
World rankings
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Jenna on lists
Famous Jennas
- Jennifer Mary "Jenna" Elfman
American actress
- Regina Marie "Jenna" Fischer
American actress
- Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz
American actress
- Jenna Lee Dewan
Tatum, American actress
- Jenna Marie Jameson
American adult film actress
- Jenna Welch Bush Hager
daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush
- Jenna Marbles (born Jenna Nicole Mourey)
American Youtuber
- Jenna Ezarik
American Youtuber
- Jenna
Louise Coleman, English actress
- Jennifer Jean "Jenna" Von Oy
American actress
- Jenna McCorkell
Northern Irish figure skater
- Jenna Michelle Boyd
American actress
- Jennifer Anne "Jenna" Lee
American news anchor
- Jenna Leigh Green (born Jennifer Leigh Greenberg)
American actress
- Jenna Lewis
American reality TV personality ("Survivor: Borneo")
- Jenna Rachael McDougall
Australian singer of band Tonight Alive
- Jenna Morasca
American pro wrestler and reality TV personality ("Survivor: The Amazon")
- Jenna Rose (Swerdlow)
American singer
- Jenna Haze
American adult film actress
- Jenna Louise Hawkins Welch
mother of U.S First Lady Laura Bush
- Jenna Leigh Johnson
American Olympic swimmer
- Jenna Presley (born Brittni Ruiz)
American adult film actress
- Jenna Russell
English actress
- Jenna Santoromito
Australian water polo player
- Jenna McCormick
Australian soccer and football player
- Jenna Black Joseph
wife of musician Tyler R. Joseph of Twenty One Pilots
- Jenna Hoffman (b. 1970)
daughter of actors Dustin Hoffman and Anna Byrne
- Jenna Shirley England (b. 1999)
daughter of curler Sandra Schmirler and Shannon England
- Jenna Compono
TV personality
- Jenna Johnson
American dancer
- Jenna Bentley
American glamour & Bikini Model
- Jenna Marie Ortega
American actress
- Jenna Davis
American actress
Jenna in pop culture
- Jenna Hamilton
main character on MTV's "Awkward"
- Jenna Wade
character on TV's "Dallas"
- Jenna Cavanaugh Marshall
character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars "
- Jenna Maroney
character on TV's "30 Rock"
- Jenna Ashby
Character in The Chemical Gardens Trilogy by Lauren DeStefano
- Jenna the Angel
character in movie "Little Nicky"
- Jenna Sommers
character in The Vampire Diaries series
- Jenna Darabond
character in the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School"
- Jenna Dapananian
character in the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School"
- Jenna Betancourt
character in "The Purge"
- Jenna
character in video game series Golden Sun
- Jenna
dog in the Balto movies
- Jenna
character in the Magyk novel series by Angie Sage
- Jenna Middleton
character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Jenna Morgan
character on animated series "Arthur"
- Jenna Avid
character on TV's "Baywatch: Hawaii"
- 'The Adoration of Jenna Fox
" novel by Mary E. Pearson
- Jenna Rink
main character in the movie "13 Going on 30"
- Jenna Heap
character in the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
- Jenna
character in musical "Waitress"