Genene — girls' name
512 babies named Genene in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Genene was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Genene in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Genene
The Social Security Administration has registered 512 babies named Genene between 1929 and 1986, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Genene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Genene performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Genene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Genene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Genene 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 512 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.
Genene at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Genene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1929
- Peak year (1960)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
512 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 25 births in a single year.
Genene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 158 births that decade — 31% of Genene's all-time total
Genene decade highlights
- Peak decade 158 births
- Runner-up 124 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Genene's strongest decade
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Genene by state
Where Genene concentrates geographically — total births since 1929
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 512 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.0% 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, 1929–1986 (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.