Girls' name · since 1913
Genetta
568 babies named Genetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,927 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 568
- born since 1913
- 1950s
- peak decade
Genetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 568 have been recorded since 1913.
Genetta has 568 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1988.
- #10,927 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 568 born since 1913
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Genetta ranks #10,927 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 568 born since 1913, peaking in the 1950s.
- #10,927 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 568
- born since 1913
- 1950s
- peak decade
Genetta's 568 recorded births place it above 84.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Genetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Genetta's SSA record in two at 1948 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1958 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Genetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1988
- Peak year (1958)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Genetta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (102 births, 18% of the file).
1950s was Genetta's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Genetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 34
1910s
34 births
- 1920s
1920s
92 births
- 1930s
1930s
81 births
- 1940s
1940s
93 births
- 1950s
1950s
102 births
- 1960s
1960s
86 births
- 1970s
1970s
47 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 102 births (18% of all-time use).
How Genetta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Genetta's total volume
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What to do with Genetta's data
- Genetta's decade-level peak was the 1950s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Genetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~75 yrs)
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, 1913–1988 (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 Genetta 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.