Girls' name · since 1929
Gennette
187 babies named Gennette in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,500 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 187
- born since 1929
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gennette is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 187 have been recorded since 1929.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gennette has been recorded 187 times among girls since 1929, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1979.
- #20,500 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 187 born since 1929
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gennette ranks #20,500 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 187 born since 1929, peaking in the 1940s.
- #20,500 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 187
- born since 1929
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gennette's 187 recorded births place it above 71.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gennette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gennette's SSA record in two at 1949 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1929, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1951 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gennette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1979
- Peak year (1951)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Gennette by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (68 births, 36% of the file).
1940s was Gennette's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Gennette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 20
1930s
20 births
- 1940s
1940s
68 births
- 1950s
1950s
65 births
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 68 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Gennette's decade-level peak was the 1940s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1970s -- 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 Gennette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1929–1979 (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 Gennette 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.