Given name

Jenayah

Jenayah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Jenayah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jenayah through the years

Babies since 1880
141
0 boys · 141 girls
Most popular year
2008
13 babies
2025
8
#11,350 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024682025Highest share 20085.0
Jenayah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2003–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,350 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 2008.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Jenayah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Jenniyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nevaya

12Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Jerah

“God has seen” · “a religious woman”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jerniah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jeweliana

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Jiniyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Janiaya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Idaya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Jenayah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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