Genia
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,673since 1886
Genia over time
Rank among girls' names. Genia 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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 |
| 1972 | #1,698 | 52 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 |
| 1970 | #1,859 | 47 |
| 1969 | #1,784 | 47 |
| 1968 | #1,812 | 43 |
| 1967 | #1,821 | 41 |
| 1966 | #1,646 | 46 |
| 1965 | #1,689 | 44 |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 |
| 1963 | #1,522 | 54 |
| 1962 | #1,858 | 38 |
| 1961 | #1,568 | 52 |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 |
| 1957 | #1,754 | 38 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Genia! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Genia is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#436 · 1 in 3,818
- Missouri#633 · 1 in 8,860
- Texas#1,116 · 1 in 15,965
Best ever in a state: #436 in Alabama, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #436 | 9 | 1 in 3,818 |
| Missouri | #633 | 5 | 1 in 8,860 |
| Texas | #1,116 | 7 | 1 in 15,965 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Genia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #1,108 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,907 girls born in 1886 were named Genia (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 27.7% of all girls named Genia (463) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,108 (1886) | #1,108 |
| 1890s | 6 | #1,278 (1892) | #1,278 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,553 (1906) | #1,764 |
| 1910s | 53 | #2,331 (1913) | #3,206 |
| 1920s | 45 | #2,479 (1922) | #4,030 |
| 1930s | 48 | #3,345 (1930) | #3,871 |
| 1940s | 95 | #2,287 (1944) | #2,905 |
| 1950s | 233 | #1,617 (1959) | #2,438 |
| 1960s | 463 | #1,497 (1964) | #1,696 |
| 1970s | 357 | #1,698 (1972) | #2,407 |
| 1980s | 176 | #2,928 (1981) | #4,728 |
| 1990s | 76 | #6,253 (1991) | #11,022 |
| 2000s | 81 | #7,341 (2009) | #12,746 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,331 (2016) | #14,331 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,088 |
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.
Genia in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 38,817 of them was named Genia, which outranked 79.2% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,553Phyliss53
- #1,553Tyra53
- #1,553Valinda53
- #1,568Genia52
- #1,568Alexandria52
- #1,568Gia52
- #1,568Lucie52
- #1,580Candie51
- #1,580Dennise51
- #1,580Dovie51
Tied with 11 names at #1,568; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.