Gennell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gennell

The Social Security Administration has registered 179 babies named Gennell between 1936 and 1980, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gennell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gennell performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gennell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gennell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gennell 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 179 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.