Girls' name · since 1918
Genett
Genett has 13 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1939 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Genett sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 13 recorded since 1918.
Genett has 13 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1939.
- #50,921 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1918
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Genett ranks #50,921 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1918, peaking in the 1930s.
- #50,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Genett's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Genett's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Genett splits its recorded history at 1939: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1939 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Genett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1939
- Peak year (1939)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Genett by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (7 births, 54% of the file).
1930s was Genett's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Genett births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 7 births (54% of all-time use).
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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, 1918–1939 (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 Genett 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.