Gena

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122

Peak · girls
#420
1968 · 502 births
Debut · girls
1880
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,824
since 1880

Gena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Gena has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #420, 1968girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#11,1228
2023—
2022—
2021#15,2515
2020#12,1427
2019#13,7996
2018#12,4647
2017#12,7137
2016#10,11310
2015#8,00814
2014#10,12910
2013#7,37216
2012#7,80415
2011#7,43616
2010#7,51316
2009#6,31721
2008#5,14228
2007#4,80830
2006#5,90622
2005#4,48730
2004#3,89836
2003#3,34743
2002#3,46139
2001#2,84451
2000#2,27768
1999#2,85447
1998#2,65151
1997#2,07068
1996#2,15163
1995#2,21660
1994#1,97271
1993#1,56998
1992#1,507104
1991#1,58496
1990#1,456107
1989#1,250126
1988#1,181128
1987#1,016152
1986#1,021149
1985#913173
1984#792202
1983#886171
1982#829189
1981#768212
1980#784209
1979#654267
1978#631264
1977#581297
1976#598268
1975#496361
1974#566284
1973#534313
1972#490363
1971#485396
1970#496401
1969#494389
1968#420502
1967#423486
1966#467411
1965#530325
1964#455459
1963#451458
1962#485398
1961#617272
1960#614267
1959#712197
1958#701197
1957#780166
1956#752167
1955#754158
1954#1,07683
1953#1,13473
1952#1,12970
1951#1,20360
1950#1,17162
1949#1,25153
1948#1,14461
1947#1,23853
1946#1,50834
1945#1,48230
1944#1,74223
1943#1,36736
1942#1,66825
1941#1,88219
1940#2,10915
1939#1,88118
1938#2,11315
1937#2,9409
1936#1,64021
1935#2,00616
1934#1,60322
1933#1,36428
1932#1,38229
1931#1,80319
1930#1,32033
1929#1,52626
1928#1,68024
1927#1,42332
1926#1,77223
1925#1,50430
1924#1,56629
1923#1,30536
1922#1,50830
1921#1,40933
1920#1,62626
1919#1,36932
1918#1,75422
1917#1,50725
1916#1,18936
1915#1,23132
1914#1,74015
1913#1,30819
1912#1,54013
1911#1,07117
1910#1,7738
1909#1,9576
1908#1,26111
1907#1,20611
1906#1,5537
1905#96815
1904#1,3648
1903#93114
1902#1,07511
1901#91813
1900#80321
1899#98311
1898#1,1719
1897#1,0949
1896#84315
1895#78816
1894#90512
1893#79414
1892#61621
1891#57221
1890#69315
1889#75712
1888#69014
1887#60814
1886#63313
1885#65811
1884#68610
1883#9205
1882#53012
1881—
1880#51811
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Gena was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Gena
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 396 spots in 1905 (#1,364 → #968)
  • Biggest drop: 585 spots in 1906 (#968 → #1,553)
Rise & fade · girls
88 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1968 at #420 (502 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1955–1985
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,268
  • Highest: 1 in 3,268 girls born in 1968 were named Gena (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 202,524 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 30.9% of all girls named Gena (3,967) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s102#518 (1880)#667
1890s143#572 (1891)#846
1900s117#803 (1900)#1,204
1910s219#1,071 (1911)#1,448
1920s289#1,305 (1923)#1,532
1930s210#1,320 (1930)#1,805
1940s349#1,144 (1948)#1,539
1950s1,233#701 (1958)#941
1960s3,967#420 (1968)#496
1970s3,214#485 (1971)#553
1980s1,711#768 (1981)#944
1990s765#1,456 (1990)#2,003
2000s368#2,277 (2000)#4,249
2010s117#7,372 (2013)#9,735
2020s20#11,122 (2024)#12,838

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.

Gena in 1985

girls
#913
173 births · 1 in 9,947 girls

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #913Gena173
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 9,947 of them was named Gena, which outranked 92.7% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gena
  1. #907Shaquita174
  2. #907Shasta174
  3. #907Wendi174
  4. #913Gena173
  5. #913Jada173
  6. #913Krysten173
  7. #913Kyra173
  8. #919Georgina172
  9. #919Latoria172
  10. #919Lisette172

Tied with 5 names at #913; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1985 →