Genoa — girls' name
213 babies named Genoa in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Genoa was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Genoa in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Genoa
The Social Security Administration has registered 213 babies named Genoa between 1906 and 2013, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Genoa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Genoa performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Genoa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Genoa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Genoa 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 213 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.
Genoa at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Genoa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1906
- Peak year (1925)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
213 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 10 births in a single year.
Genoa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 56 births that decade — 26% of Genoa's all-time total
Genoa decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Genoa's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Genoa by state
Where Genoa concentrates geographically — total births since 1906
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 213 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1906–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.