Girls' name · since 1913
Gennett
Since 1913, U.S. Social Security records show 83 babies named Gennett, peaking in 1927. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 83
- born since 1913
- 1940s
- peak decade
83 girls have been named Gennett since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gennett has 83 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 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1964.
- #29,227 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 83 born since 1913
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gennett ranks #29,227 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 83 born since 1913, peaking in the 1940s.
- #29,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 83
- born since 1913
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gennett's 83 recorded births place it above 59.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gennett's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gennett's full recorded timeline at 1943, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1913, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gennett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1964
- Peak year (1927)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Gennett by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (31 births, 37% of the file).
1940s was Gennett's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Gennett births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
13 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
31 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 31 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Gennett's data
- Gennett's decade-level peak was the 1940s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1960s -- 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 Gennett: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1913–1964 (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 Gennett 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.