At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- #10,917 of girl names (outside the top 1,000)
- Babies in 2025
- 8 (<0.01% of girls)
- Trend
- Slipping #8,406 in 2020 to #10,917 in 2025
- Peak
- #2,108 in 2013
- First recorded
- 2002
Meaning of Jenicka
Jenicka, pronounced juh-NI-kah (/dʒə.ˈnɪk.ə/), unfurls like a ribbon of warm sunlight across a Venetian lagoon, its syllables bearing the gracious echo of the Hebrew Yochanan—“God is gracious”—yet adorned with a contemporary flourish all her own. As a lyrical offshoot of Janice and Jane, she stands at the crossroads of classic European elegance and modern American inventiveness, conjuring visions of olive groves kissed by the golden Tuscan sun, where each softly spoken “Jenicka” drifts like a melody through cypress-lined avenues. Though modest in annual company—hovering around a dozen to a few score newborn bearers in recent years—she carries a quiet confidence, a playful spark that hints at unexpected charm and gentle wit. In every corner of her name lies a mosaic of tenderness and strength: she is at once the spirited young girl laughing beneath a lemon tree and the poised woman whose presence feels like an embrace. Endowed with both poetic grace and sunny warmth, Jenicka is a name that dances effortlessly between tradition and novelty, weaving a story as richly textured as an Italian fresco.
How to pronounce Jenicka
English
- Pronounced juh-NI-kah /dʒə.ˈnɪk.ə/
Popularity of Jenicka in the U.S.
Jenicka was the #10,917 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 8 babies. It peaked at #2,108 in 2013. It first appears in the records in 2002.
- Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 2002–2025 16 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 10,917 | ▼ 2,474 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,443 | ▲ 546 |
| 2023 | 11 | 8,989 | ▼ 447 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,542 | ▼ 2,368 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,174 | ▲ 2,232 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,406 | ▼ 3,860 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4,546 | ▲ 222 |
| 2018 | 28 | 4,768 | ▲ 2,674 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,442 | ▲ 1,969 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,411 | ▼ 4,284 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,127 | ▼ 1,475 |
| 2014 | 42 | 3,652 | ▼ 1,544 |
| 2013 | 90 | 2,108 | ▲ 6,524 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,632 | ▲ 6,192 |
| 2011 | 6 | 14,824 | back (not recorded in 2003–2010) |
| 2002 | 6 | 13,595 | new |