Geni — girls' name
340 babies named Geni in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Geni was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Geni in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Geni
The Social Security Administration has registered 340 babies named Geni between 1947 and 2010, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geni currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Geni performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Geni shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Geni in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Geni 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 340 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.
Geni at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Geni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1947
- Peak year (1959)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
340 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 18 births in a single year.
Geni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 94 births that decade — 28% of Geni's all-time total
Geni decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Geni's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Geni by state
Where Geni concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 340 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1947–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.