Genesee — girls' name

What the Data Says About Genesee

The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Genesee between 1977 and 2023, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Genesee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Genesee performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Genesee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Genesee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Genesee 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 278 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.