Jenita is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Jenita is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2006. Jenita was first reported in SSA data in 1936 and peaked in 1977 (20 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #18,402 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #16,595 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | #13,382 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #10,960 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #10,753 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #13,889 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #11,417 |
| 1988 | 17 | — | #4,929 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | #5,731 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #8,037 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #6,650 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #7,021 |
| 1983 | 18 | — | #4,179 |
| 1982 | 12 | — | #5,684 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | #6,051 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #4,402 |
| 1979 | 20 | — | #3,820 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | #5,325 |
| 1977 | 20 | — | #3,677 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #5,361 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | #6,147 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | #5,947 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #5,745 |
| 1972 | 15 | — | #3,967 |
| 1971 | 15 | — | #4,019 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | #4,870 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #5,200 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #4,318 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | #5,165 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #4,630 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | #4,472 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | #4,376 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #4,378 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #5,525 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #4,593 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #4,439 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | #4,310 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #4,048 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #5,563 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #3,907 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #6,115 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #4,782 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #5,166 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #4,111 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #5,589 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,670 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #4,866 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #4,947 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,656 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,914 |