Genie
Genie was given to 6 girls in 2025, #13,780 among girls’ names; 2,910 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,740 Americans named Genie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 43 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Genie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Genie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Genie is “a female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia”
Also “a male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene”
/ˈd͡ʒiːni/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Genie?
#13,780 among girls’ names, 2025
Genie fell from #9,140 in 2015 to #13,780 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 6.7 to 3.7 per million.
69 babies in 1982, the peak
Genie peaked in 1982, when 69 girls were given it, #1,661 among girls’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,780 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 5 | #16,103 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,992 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,070 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,917 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,366 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,711 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 12 | #9,140 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,420 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,388 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | #15,602 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,244 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,067 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,571 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,777 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,200 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,765 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,744 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,886 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,229 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,675 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,543 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,597 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,047 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,190 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,093 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,174 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,814 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,047 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,278 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,257 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,397 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,350 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,927 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,672 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,201 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,864 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,661 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,892 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 43 | #2,292 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,017 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,312 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,570 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,504 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,190 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,454 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,154 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,098 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,441 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,666 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 25 | #2,663 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,995 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,137 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,744 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 34 | #2,007 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,163 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,032 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,040 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,702 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,731 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,955 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,482 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,510 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,767 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,992 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,653 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,591 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,856 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,459 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,520 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,413 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 64 | #1,122 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 49 | #1,234 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 41 | #1,252 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,626 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,398 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,397 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,761 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,909 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,051 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,034 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,314 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,624 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,793 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,090 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,412 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,848 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,468 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,233 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,988 | under 0.01 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,768 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,290 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,319 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,870 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,305 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,217 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,325 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,794 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,711 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,316 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,801 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,065 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,082 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,949 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,974 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,652 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,582 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,370 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,175 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,742 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,440 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,621 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,346 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,997 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 17 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,093 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,489 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,315 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,134 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 12 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 17 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 12 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 15 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 10 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 16 | #678 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 12 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 10 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 16 | #568 | 0.11 |
| 1886 | 14 | #618 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 12 | #640 | 0.09 |
| 1884 | 7 | #882 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 13 | #549 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 10 | #612 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 9 | #599 | 0.10 |
| 1880 | 5 | #866 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Genie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,910 Americans recorded as Genie, 94% are girls and 6% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Genie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Genie, and how old are they?
1,740 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 2,910 Americans ever recorded as Genie. The median Genie alive today is 56 years old; half are between 43 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 2,208 people named Genie (2,122 women and girls, 86 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,863 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 134 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 586 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 429 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 427 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 105 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 62 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Genie born?
The states with the most babies named Genie are California, Texas and Georgia, with 78% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 123 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Texas | 69 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 34 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 17 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 13 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Washington | 7 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Alabama | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Louisiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Genie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 25,630 babies since 1880, Genie is the third most given (11% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Genie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Genie and names like it
- Compare Genie and GenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sGenie peaked in 1982.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Genie since 1910.
- The top names of 1982The year the most babies were named Genie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Genie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.