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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | |
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.
See more about Genie
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #536 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1880–1894
- 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%)
- 13.9% of all girls named Genie (381) were born in this decade
- 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.
Genie in 1889
Top girls' names in 1889
Top boys' names in 1889
More about 1889
girls
178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 14,864 of them was named Genie, which outranked 48.8% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 18,430 of them was named Genie, which outranked 21.0% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).