Gena — #11077 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gena

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,825 babies named Gena between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gena currently holds the #11077 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 502 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gena performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 3,967 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Gena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,217 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Gena in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gena 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 12,825 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.