Unisex name · since 2002
Gefen
21 babies named Gefen in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,049 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gefen currently ranks #14049 among unisex names in America, with 21 babies recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Gefen recorded 21 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #14049 nationally today, ahead of 19% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #45,329 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,049 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 21 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gefen ranks #45,329 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,049 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 21 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #45,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,049 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gefen's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Gefen compares
21 8th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gefen's all-time total is 94% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gefen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 21 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gefen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gefen's full recorded timeline at 2021, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gefen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Gefen popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Gefen as boys' name)
Gefen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Gefen's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Gefen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (52% of all-time use).
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Gefen 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.