Genese

Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168

Peak · girls
1980 · 101 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
381
since 1923

Genese over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #1,273, 1980girls
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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
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2006#17,1685
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1996#13,5185
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1990#12,9585
1989
1988#9,2447
1987#11,3255
1986#10,9125
1985#9,3076
1984#10,4225
1983#7,3128
1982#6,8889
1981#3,34025
1980#1,273101
1979#10,2105
1978
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1973
1972#6,5587
1971
1970#7,0706
1969#7,4715
1968#5,1478
1967#4,9828
1966
1965#4,20210
1964#6,0096
1963#5,8916
1962#4,26310
1961#5,8516
1960#2,98917
1959#4,6258
1958#4,8907
1957#6,0865
1956#4,1619
1955#5,2086
1954#3,49011
1953#5,6735
1952#4,1238
1951#4,3857
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1943#4,1966
1942
1941#4,4205
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1937#3,8006
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1934#3,1598
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1929#4,5705
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1924
1923#4,9675
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First appearance
1923

The first year at least five girls were named Genese! It came in at #4,967, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1923–1933, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Genese
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1923
  • Peaked 1980 at #1,273 (101 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 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 16,439
  • Highest: 1 in 16,439 girls born in 1980 were named Genese (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 380,242 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 44.9% of all girls named Genese (171) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s10#4,570 (1929)#4,769
1930s14#3,159 (1934)#3,480
1940s11#4,196 (1943)#4,308
1950s66#3,490 (1954)#4,738
1960s76#2,989 (1960)#5,201
1970s18#6,558 (1972)#7,946
1980s171#1,273 (1980)#7,780
1990s10#12,958 (1990)#13,238
2000s5#17,168 (2006)#17,168

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.

Genese in 1980

girls
#1,273
101 births · 1 in 16,439 girls

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #1,273Genese101
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 16,439 of them was named Genese, which outranked 89.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Genese
  1. #1,268Leslee102
  2. #1,268Lorrie102
  3. #1,268Mistie102
  4. #1,273Genese101
  5. #1,273Asha101
  6. #1,273Rosalba101
  7. #1,276Caren100
  8. #1,276Estela100
  9. #1,276Estella100

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 1,510Renada#2,218#708
  2. 1,173Tai#2,112#939
  3. 1,036Anya#1,592#556
  4. 601Chimere#1,503#902
  5. 517Brynn#1,442#925
Fallers
  1. 529Marlana#989#1,518
  2. 494Kizzy#647#1,141
  3. 369January#748#1,117
  4. 361Carisa#836#1,197
  5. 328Latonia#841#1,169

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

See the top 100 for 1980