Genese — girls' name

What the Data Says About Genese

The Social Security Administration has registered 381 babies named Genese between 1923 and 2006, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Genese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 101 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Genese performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Genese shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Genese in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Genese 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 381 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.