Genea

Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869

Peak · girls
1973 · 112 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
600
since 1956

Genea over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Genea has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #1,038, 1973girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2012#16,8695
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2008#13,8327
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2005#16,4625
2004#14,1796
2003#13,8446
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2001#10,1029
2000#9,8749
1999
1998#14,1225
1997#8,33410
1996#13,5185
1995#6,64113
1994#8,8049
1993#7,03812
1992#5,71816
1991#4,80820
1990#6,13114
1989#9,6817
1988#9,2447
1987#7,3539
1986#9,5456
1985#8,3187
1984#4,47816
1983#4,47616
1982#4,71615
1981#4,16218
1980#4,32717
1979#4,23117
1978#3,38822
1977#2,83828
1976#4,15415
1975#5,51610
1974#2,68327
1973#1,038112
1972#5,10910
1971
1970#6,3627
1969#5,9747
1968#4,22211
1967#4,05311
1966#5,8096
1965#3,95211
1964#6,7675
1963#4,5399
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1961#5,8516
1960#5,6966
1959#5,5666
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five girls were named Genea! It came in at #5,952, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1956–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Genea
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 1973 at #1,038 (112 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,020
  • Highest: 1 in 13,020 girls born in 1973 were named Genea (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 352,211 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 41.3% of all girls named Genea (248) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s11#5,566 (1959)#5,759
1960s72#3,952 (1965)#5,207
1970s248#1,038 (1973)#3,924
1980s118#4,162 (1981)#6,630
1990s104#4,808 (1991)#8,346
2000s42#9,874 (2000)#13,049
2010s5#16,869 (2012)#16,869

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.

Genea in 1973

girls
#1,038
112 births · 1 in 13,020 girls

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,038Genea112
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 13,020 of them was named Genea, which outranked 89.4% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Genea
  1. #1,033Marlena113
  2. #1,033Roseann113
  3. #1,033Viola113
  4. #1,038Genea112
  5. #1,038Alberta112
  6. #1,038Daniele112
  7. #1,038Danyel112
  8. #1,047Alycia111
  9. #1,047Flora111
  10. #1,047Kendall111

Tied with 8 names at #1,038; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

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

See the top 100 for 1973