Gennie

Last seen for girls in 2002 at #15,432 · Last seen for boys in 1960 at #4,038
Given to girls 92.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1884 · 9 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,541
since 1884

Gennie over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #731, 1884peak #1,137, 1902girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2003
2002#15,4325
2001
2000
1999#12,6886
1998
1997#12,0706
1996#8,8129
1995#13,3865
1994
1993
1992#8,06510
1991#10,2717
1990#6,46513
1989#6,95511
1988#7,11110
1987#6,33511
1986#8,5237
1985#5,07714
1984#5,53912
1983#4,47616
1982#4,52716
1981#3,43624
1980#4,14818
1979#5,75111
1978#5,56311
1977#4,65214
1976#3,81217
1975#3,77417
1974#3,86316
1973#4,87111
1972#2,74725
1971#3,06222
1970#4,49212
1969#2,91721
1968#3,61014
1967#3,84512
1966#2,75220
1965#3,14916
1964#2,34827
1963#2,96018
1962#2,21029
1961#2,29927
1960#2,82019#4,0385
1959#1,95133
1958#2,26025
1957#2,34723
1956#2,45321
1955#2,02428
1954#1,80133
1953#1,42447
1952#1,71333#3,3736
1951#1,48140
1950#1,91125#3,6815
1949#1,73630
1948#1,35846#3,6685
1947#1,57636
1946#1,55932
1945#1,23242#2,7437
1944#1,40133
1943#1,70325#2,5639
1942#1,24941
1941#1,11744
1940#1,17039#3,4595
1939#1,47426#3,4805
1938#1,14040#2,4799
1937#1,19636
1936#1,20635#2,6298
1935#1,26432
1934#1,31730#3,2776
1933#1,19735#3,0047
1932#1,48826#3,7765
1931#1,12740
1930#1,40330#3,5926
1929#1,19539#3,2477
1928#1,06150#4,1515
1927#1,27838#2,9129
1926#1,14844#4,2015
1925#1,13646#4,1975
1924#1,24441#2,34713
1923#1,17443#3,1758
1922#1,20741#4,3075
1921#1,14844
1920#1,23339
1919#1,09045#3,3917
1918#1,20339
1917#1,18337#2,9568
1916#1,24633#2,38911
1915#1,15335#3,3926
1914#1,26224
1913#1,12024#2,4966
1912#1,11722#2,2696
1911#93222
1910#97020
1909#90920
1908#88220
1907#89818
1906#91716
1905#1,2989#1,2335
1904#1,09211
1903#1,13710
1902#1,2199#1,1375
1901#1,06710
1900#1,10612
1899#1,0999
1898#96313
1897#1,5555
1896#1,2927
1895#93212
1894#1,0619
1893#90111
1892#1,0858
1891#1,3325
1890#9409
1889#1,2795
1888#1,1366
1887
1886#8977
1885
1884#7319
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Gennie! It came in at #731, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Gennie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
  • Biggest jump: 592 spots in 1898 (#1,555#963)
  • Biggest drop: 392 spots in 1891 (#940#1,332)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #731 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1906–1911
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,335
  • Highest: 1 in 14,335 girls born in 1884 were named Gennie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 359,376 girls born in 2002 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.7% of all girls named Gennie (425) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s27#731 (1884)#1,011
1890s88#901 (1893)#1,116
1900s135#882 (1908)#1,053
1910s301#932 (1911)#1,128
1920s425#1,061 (1928)#1,182
1930s330#1,127 (1931)#1,281
1940s368#1,117 (1941)#1,410
1950s308#1,424 (1953)#1,937
1960s203#2,210 (1962)#2,891
1970s156#2,747 (1972)#4,259
1980s139#3,436 (1981)#5,613
1990s56#6,465 (1990)#10,251
2000s5#15,432 (2002)#15,432

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.

Gennie in 1884

girls
#731
9 births · 1 in 14,335 girls

Top girls' names in 1884

  1. #1Mary9,217
  2. #2Anna3,860
  3. #3Emma2,587
  4. #4Elizabeth2,549
  5. #5Minnie2,243
  6. #6Margaret2,142
  7. #7Ida1,882
  8. #8Clara1,852
  9. #9Bertha1,789
  10. #10Annie1,739
  11. #731Gennie9
More about 1884

girls

129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 14,335 of them was named Gennie, which outranked 37.6% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gennie
  1. #686Venie10
  2. #686Vira10
  3. #686Zetta10
  4. #731Gennie9
  5. #731Adell9
  6. #731Adline9
  7. #731Aggie9
  8. #793Albertine8
  9. #793Annis8
  10. #793Arlie8

Tied with 61 names at #731; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. 686Belva#920#234
  2. 364Anner#920#556
  3. 354Nella#817#463
  4. 337Guadalupe#920#583
  5. 337Nelia#920#583
Fallers
  1. 488Roxy#536#1,024
  2. 463Fredericka#561#1,024
  3. 445Albert#579#1,024
  4. 409Roseanna#615#1,024
  5. 373Delpha#651#1,024

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

See the top 100 for 1884