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
Show data for
Peak · girls
1883 · 13 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,737
since 1880

Genie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #536, 1883peak #874, 1904girlsboys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024#15,2935
2023#15,1945
2022
2021#13,4646
2020#15,0885
2019#15,5395
2018
2017#15,9025
2016
2015#8,93112
2014#16,5135
2013#11,9698
2012#14,9626
2011
2010
2009#17,2945
2008#15,4056
2007#17,6365
2006#12,4208
2005#10,9219
2004#14,1796
2003
2002#9,48210
2001#7,72413
2000#11,8017
1999#10,3458
1998#9,2609
1997#6,48314
1996#8,8129
1995#7,04112
1994#5,98415
1993#7,03812
1992#5,71816
1991#5,00419
1990#4,23023
1989#8,0379
1988#6,27712
1987#4,28319
1986#2,90332
1985#2,65736
1984#2,19245
1983#1,85856
1982#1,65369
1981#1,88757
1980#2,27843
1979#2,99728
1978#3,28323
1977#2,55733
1976#2,48632
1975#3,15522
1974#2,43331
1973#3,12221
1972#3,06221
1971#2,42731
1970#2,64727
1969#2,64525
1968#2,96919
1967#2,11731
1966#1,73642
1965#1,99334
1964#2,15131
1963#2,01534
1962#2,03133
1961#1,69745
1960#1,72543
1959#1,95133
1958#1,48152
1957#1,50750
1956#1,76036
1955#1,97829
1954#1,64838
1953#1,58638
1952#1,74632
1951#1,84228#3,3646
1950#1,45240
1949#1,51237#3,6905
1948#1,40943
1947#1,12064
1946#1,22949
1945#1,24941
1944#1,60926
1943#1,39535#3,5385
1942#1,38734
1941#1,38431
1940#1,74521
1939#1,88118
1938#2,02116
1937#1,99916
1936#2,26313#2,8547
1935#2,57511
1934#1,77119#3,2776
1933#2,05215#3,6425
1932#2,36513
1931#2,75010
1930#2,42513
1929#2,19115#2,9808
1928#4,7255#3,3577
1927#2,69912
1926#2,25716#2,56611
1925#2,28316
1924#2,80912#3,5057
1923#2,26416#4,2395
1922#2,18617#3,0149
1921#2,28216#4,3225
1920#2,73112#3,8156
1919#2,64012
1918#2,28915#3,0968
1917#1,77320#2,7329
1916#2,02816#3,8975
1915#2,05015
1914#1,89613
1913#2,8276#2,0928
1912#1,62012
1911#1,54510
1910#1,33512
1909#1,15213#1,4405
1908#1,6767#1,3735
1907#1,3849#1,3455
1906#1,5537
1905#1,2989#1,0916
1904#1,8775#8748
1903#83617
1902
1901#1,06710
1900#1,4318#1,1626
1899#1,2787
1898#1,09810#1,1215
1897#93112
1896#1,04710
1895#1,2028
1894#71917
1893#86512
1892#76215
1891#89310
1890#66716#9945
1889#75712#8786
1888#83710
1887#56016
1886#60614
1885#62912
1884#8517
1883#53613
1882#59610
1881#5829
1880#8365
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.

See more about Genie
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s108#536 (1883)#679
1890s117#667 (1890)#946
1900s85#836 (1903)#1,364
1910s131#1,335 (1910)#2,000
1920s137#2,186 (1922)#2,643
1930s144#1,771 (1934)#2,210
1940s381#1,120 (1947)#1,404
1950s376#1,452 (1950)#1,695
1960s337#1,697 (1961)#2,108
1970s269#2,427 (1971)#2,817
1980s378#1,653 (1982)#3,403
1990s137#4,230 (1990)#6,992
2000s69#7,724 (2001)#12,985
2010s41#8,931 (2015)#13,969
2020s27#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 1890

girls
#667
16 births · 1 in 11,899 girls
boys
#994
5 births · 1 in 22,205 boys

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #667Genie16

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #994Genie5
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 11,899 of them was named Genie, which outranked 56.5% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Genie
  1. #642Tempie17
  2. #642Tressa17
  3. #642Vena17
  4. #667Genie16
  5. #667Amalia16
  6. #667Ana16
  7. #667Anner16
  8. #693America15
  9. #693Beth15
  10. #693Clora15

Tied with 25 names at #667; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

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

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 22,205 of them was named Genie, which outranked 14.4% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Genie
  1. #884Willam6
  2. #884Winston6
  3. #884Wright6
  4. #994Genie5
  5. #994Add5
  6. #994Adolfo5
  7. #994Alberto5

Tied with 167 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 463Hoyt#974#511
  2. 441Ebb#974#533
  3. 371Eva#974#603
  4. 371Perley#974#603
  5. 371Jimmy#974#603
Fallers
  1. 530Alvie#464#994
  2. 438Thornton#446#884
  3. 420Hezekiah#464#884
  4. 413Essie#581#994
  5. 413Clare#581#994

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

See the top 100 for 1890