Girls' name · since 1960
Genae
319 babies named Genae in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,219 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 319
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
319 babies have been named Genae since 1960, making it today's #15219 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Genae has been recorded 319 times among girls since 1960, currently ranked #15219 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #15,410 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,219 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 319 born since 1960
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Genae ranks #15,410 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,219 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 319 born since 1960, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,219 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 319
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Genae's 319 recorded births place it above 78.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Genae compares
319 46th 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
Genae's all-time total is 15% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Genae | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 319 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Genae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Genae's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Genae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Genae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (112 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Genae's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Genae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
112 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 35
2010s
35 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 112 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Genae's decade-level peak was the 1990s (112 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Genae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1960–2025 (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 Genae 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.