Girls' name · since 1919
Geanie
Geanie has 174 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1946 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,245 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 174
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
Geanie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 174 recorded since 1919.
Geanie has 174 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1990.
- #21,245 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 174 born since 1919
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geanie ranks #21,245 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 174 born since 1919, peaking in the 1940s.
- #21,245 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 174
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
Geanie's 174 recorded births place it above 70.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Geanie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Geanie's SSA record in two at 1954 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1919, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1946 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Geanie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1990
- Peak year (1946)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Geanie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (56 births, 32% of the file).
1940s was Geanie's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Geanie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1940s
1940s
56 births
- 1950s
1950s
54 births
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 56 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Geanie's decade-level peak was the 1940s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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 Geanie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~71 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, 1919–1990 (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 Geanie 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.