Genella — girls' name
231 babies named Genella in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Genella was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Genella in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Genella
The Social Security Administration has registered 231 babies named Genella between 1908 and 1981, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Genella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Genella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Genella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Genella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Genella 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 231 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.
Genella at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Genella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1908
- Peak year (1925)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
231 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 13 births in a single year.
Genella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 77 births that decade — 33% of Genella's all-time total
Genella decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Genella's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Genella by state
Where Genella concentrates geographically — total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 6 | 2.6% |
6 of 231 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 2.6% 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, 1908–1981 (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.