Girls' name · since 1996

Geneses

22 babies named Geneses in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#44,691 of 72,339
all-time among girls
22
born since 1996
2000s
peak decade

Geneses sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 22 recorded since 1996.

Geneses has 22 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2008.

  • #44,691 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 22 born since 1996
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geneses ranks #44,691 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.

#44,691 of 72,339
all-time among girls
22
born since 1996
2000s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Geneses's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Geneses's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Geneses splits its recorded history at 2004: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Geneses popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2008

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (2004)
6
Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
4.555.566.5 1996199920042008 6

Geneses by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (12 births, 55% of the file).

2000s was Geneses's strongest decade.

12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.

Geneses births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 12 births (55% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Geneses?
Geneses has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 1996, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #44,691 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2008. 6 babies were born in 2004, its single highest year.
Where does Geneses sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geneses ranks #44,691 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Geneses most popular?
Geneses was most popular in the 2000s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Geneses been used?
The SSA has tracked Geneses since 1996 -- 13 years through the most recent 2008 data.
What names are similar to Geneses?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Genevieve, Genesis, Geneva, Gena, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Geneses: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Geneses draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.