Geena
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #11,615
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 163 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,554since 1956
Geena over time
Rank among girls' names. Geena has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #4,492 | 30 |
| 2003 | #3,869 | 35 |
| 2002 | #2,976 | 49 |
| 2001 | #2,259 | 71 |
| 2000 | #2,306 | 67 |
| 1999 | #2,405 | 61 |
| 1998 | #2,124 | 68 |
| 1997 | #1,983 | 72 |
| 1996 | #1,752 | 85 |
| 1995 | #1,410 | 116 |
| 1994 | #1,100 | 163 |
| 1993 | #1,358 | 121 |
| 1992 | #1,402 | 117 |
| 1991 | #1,599 | 95 |
| 1990 | #1,989 | 68 |
| 1989 | #1,717 | 79 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Geena! It came in at #5,952, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Geena is popular in 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#582 · 1 in 5,124
- New Jersey#633 · 1 in 4,891
- New York#650 · 1 in 4,836
- Massachusetts#723 · 1 in 6,764
- Pennsylvania#733 · 1 in 6,494
Best ever in a state: #505 in New Jersey, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #582 | 5 | 1 in 5,124 |
| New Jersey | #633 | 9 | 1 in 4,891 |
| New York | #650 | 23 | 1 in 4,836 |
| Massachusetts | #723 | 5 | 1 in 6,764 |
| Pennsylvania | #733 | 10 | 1 in 6,494 |
| Michigan | #878 | 7 | 1 in 7,744 |
| Florida | #881 | 10 | 1 in 7,452 |
| Illinois | #962 | 9 | 1 in 8,248 |
| California | #1,073 | 26 | 1 in 9,327 |
| Texas | #1,118 | 14 | 1 in 9,713 |
| Ohio | #1,152 | 5 | 1 in 12,935 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Geena
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1994 at #1,100 (163 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,956 girls born in 1994 were named Geena (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,808 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 62.2% of all girls named Geena (966) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,952 (1956) | #5,952 |
| 1960s | 9 | #4,539 (1963) | #4,539 |
| 1970s | 5 | #7,995 (1970) | #7,995 |
| 1980s | 158 | #1,717 (1989) | #4,649 |
| 1990s | 966 | #1,100 (1994) | #1,712 |
| 2000s | 346 | #2,259 (2001) | #5,441 |
| 2010s | 65 | #9,036 (2013) | #12,047 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Geena in 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
More about 1994
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1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 10,956 of them was named Geena, which outranked 93.0% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,095Cathy164
- #1,095Darien164
- #1,095Ivana164
- #1,100Geena163
- #1,100Brynn163
- #1,100Dionna163
- #1,100Fernanda163
- #1,105Gillian162
- #1,105Jasmyne162
- #1,105Jolene162
Tied with 4 names at #1,100; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.