Genie
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 1951 at #3,364
Given to girls 94.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,737since 1880
Genie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,192 | 45 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,858 | 56 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,653 | 69 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,278 | 43 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,427 | 31 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,647 | 27 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,117 | 31 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,697 | 45 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,725 | 43 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,481 | 52 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,507 | 50 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #1,452 | 40 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #1,409 | 43 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,120 | 64 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,229 | 49 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,249 | 41 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #1,387 | 34 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #836 | 17 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #719 | 17 | — | |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 | — | |
| 1892 | #762 | 15 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #667 | 16 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | — | |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 | — | |
| 1885 | #629 | 12 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Genie was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,085 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #13,208)
- 1,880 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #13,208)
- 4,277 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #13,208)
- Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1881 (#836 → #582)
- Biggest drop: 1,041 spots in 1904 (#836 → #1,877)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #536 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1880–1894
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,640
- Highest: 1 in 8,640 girls born in 1883 were named Genie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 13.9% of all girls named Genie (381) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1929
- Mostly boys until 1928, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 108 | #536 (1883) | #679 |
| 1890s | 117 | #667 (1890) | #946 |
| 1900s | 85 | #836 (1903) | #1,364 |
| 1910s | 131 | #1,335 (1910) | #2,000 |
| 1920s | 137 | #2,186 (1922) | #2,643 |
| 1930s | 144 | #1,771 (1934) | #2,210 |
| 1940s | 381 | #1,120 (1947) | #1,404 |
| 1950s | 376 | #1,452 (1950) | #1,695 |
| 1960s | 337 | #1,697 (1961) | #2,108 |
| 1970s | 269 | #2,427 (1971) | #2,817 |
| 1980s | 378 | #1,653 (1982) | #3,403 |
| 1990s | 137 | #4,230 (1990) | #6,992 |
| 2000s | 69 | #7,724 (2001) | #12,985 |
| 2010s | 41 | #8,931 (2015) | #13,969 |
| 2020s | 27 | #13,208 (2025) | #14,449 |
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.
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