Girls' name · since 1947
Geana
Geana has 328 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 328
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
328 girls have been named Geana since 1947, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Geana has 328 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2019.
- #15,175 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 328 born since 1947
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geana ranks #15,175 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 328 born since 1947, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 328
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Geana's 328 recorded births place it above 79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Geana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Geana's full recorded timeline at 1981, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1968 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Geana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2019
- Peak year (1968)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Geana by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (80 births, 24% of the file).
1970s was Geana's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Geana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
63 births
- 1970s
1970s
80 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 80 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Geana's decade-level peak was the 1970s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Geana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~72 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Geana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.