Boys' name · since 2015
Gennady
83 babies named Gennady in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,626 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 83
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
83 boys have been named Gennady since 2015, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gennady has 83 recorded births among boys since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2022.
- #18,626 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 83 born since 2015
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gennady ranks #18,626 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 83 born since 2015, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,626 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 83
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gennady's 83 recorded births place it above 58.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Gennady's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gennady's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gennady popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2022
- Peak year (2018)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Gennady by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 78% of the file).
2010s was Gennady's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Gennady births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (78% of all-time use).
Gennady by state
Where Gennady concentrates geographically, total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 14.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 7.2% |
12 of 83 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Gennady's decade-level peak was the 2010s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Gennadys (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gennady: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2015–2022 (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 Gennady 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.