Geanine — girls' name
146 babies named Geanine in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Geanine was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Geanine in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Geanine
The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Geanine between 1960 and 1990, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geanine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Geanine performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Geanine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Geanine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Geanine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 146 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Geanine at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Geanine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1960
- Peak year (1964)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
146 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 13 births in a single year.
Geanine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 71 births that decade — 49% of Geanine's all-time total
Geanine decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Geanine's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Geanine by state
Where Geanine concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 19 | 13.0% |
19 of 146 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 13.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 13.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.