Girls' name · since 1930
Geanette
116 babies named Geanette in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,513 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1930
- 1950s
- peak decade
Geanette sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 116 recorded since 1930.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geanette has been recorded 116 times among girls since 1930, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 1976.
- #25,513 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 116 born since 1930
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geanette ranks #25,513 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 116 born since 1930, peaking in the 1950s.
- #25,513 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1930
- 1950s
- peak decade
Geanette's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Geanette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Geanette's full recorded timeline at 1957, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Geanette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1976
- Peak year (1957)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Geanette by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (47 births, 41% of the file).
1950s was Geanette's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Geanette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
47 births
- 1960s
1960s
28 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 47 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Geanette's decade-level peak was the 1950s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1970s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Geanette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1930–1976 (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 Geanette 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.