Genelle
Genelle was last recorded in 2023, when 9 babies were given it; 1,756 Americans have been recorded with it between 1904 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,200 Americans named Genelle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 33 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Genelle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Genelle mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Genelle is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Genelle?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #10,603, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
36 babies in 1981, the peak
Genelle peaked in 1981, when 36 girls were given it, #2,577 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #10,603 | 5.6 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,649 | 5.5 |
| 2021 | 5 | #16,073 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,436 | 4.9 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,767 | 5.4 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,929 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | 9 | #11,000 | 5.2 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,132 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,477 | 3.9 |
| 2014 | 12 | #9,164 | 6.7 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 14 | #8,282 | 8.0 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,804 | 7.4 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,939 | 6.3 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,911 | 2.8 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,938 | 5.4 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,681 | 6.3 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,752 | 6.2 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,770 | 4.7 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,076 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,163 | 5.4 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,262 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,984 | 7.2 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,381 | 5.0 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,072 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,777 | 3.9 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,538 | 4.0 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,973 | 9.2 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,157 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,511 | 9.7 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,252 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,057 | 10.5 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,813 | 8.7 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,238 | 12.8 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,360 | 9.0 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,921 | 7.6 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,704 | 10.1 |
| 1987 | 21 | #4,021 | 12.1 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,077 | 11.7 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,513 | 9.9 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,771 | 12.5 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,269 | 15.0 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,447 | 14.2 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,577 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,436 | 14.5 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,952 | 18.1 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,762 | 19.6 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,733 | 9.1 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,316 | 14.3 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,426 | 13.7 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,911 | 6.1 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,384 | 13.0 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,767 | 16.4 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,557 | 10.8 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,241 | 11.4 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,129 | 11.3 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,899 | 12.2 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,726 | 7.9 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,080 | 10.0 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,169 | 17.0 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,765 | 11.1 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,108 | 8.8 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,847 | 9.7 |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,428 | 12.4 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,995 | 5.4 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,539 | 10.4 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,144 | 7.5 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,075 | 7.3 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,553 | 6.0 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,136 | 7.2 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,398 | 10.8 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,856 | 8.0 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,633 | 5.4 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,207 | 11.7 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,477 | 9.9 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,448 | 9.9 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,211 | 6.5 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,223 | 11.3 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,180 | 12.1 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,096 | 13.0 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,133 | 12.8 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,605 | 5.7 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,463 | 10.4 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,908 | 15.7 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,231 | 12.2 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,976 | 15.5 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,770 | 18.1 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,123 | 14.1 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,189 | 13.5 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,805 | 18.1 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,120 | 14.4 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,801 | 18.9 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,286 | 13.1 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,705 | 19.7 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,467 | 11.5 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,040 | 15.2 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,125 | 14.7 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,968 | 16.8 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,196 | 14.3 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,420 | 12.3 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,350 | 12.8 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,536 | 24.0 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,858 | 18.3 |
| 1921 | 20 | #2,006 | 16.2 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,394 | 12.5 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,715 | 20.4 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,424 | 12.1 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,961 | 9.2 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,303 | 13.4 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,786 | 10.2 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,340 | 7.9 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,757 | 10.8 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,996 | 18.2 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Genelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Genelle has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 112 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Genelle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Genelle, and how old are they?
1,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 1,756 Americans ever recorded as Genelle. The median Genelle alive today is 47 years old; half are between 33 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 1,231 people named Genelle (1,223 women and girls, 8 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,269 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 84 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 249 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 305 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 307 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 163 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 93 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 1,987 babies since 1880, Genelle is the most given (88% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Genelle
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Genelle and names like it
- Compare Genelle and GenellaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sGenelle peaked in 1981.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Genelle since 1910.
- The top names of 1981The year the most babies were named Genelle.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Genelle alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with GMost given first.