Girls' name · since 1905
Genola
Since 1905, U.S. Social Security records show 266 babies named Genola, peaking in 1919. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,990 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 266
- born since 1905
- 1920s
- peak decade
Genola is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 266 have been recorded since 1905.
Genola has 266 recorded births among girls since 1905, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1905 to 1958.
- #16,990 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 266 born since 1905
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Genola ranks #16,990 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 266 born since 1905, peaking in the 1920s.
- #16,990 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 266
- born since 1905
- 1920s
- peak decade
Genola's 266 recorded births place it above 76.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Genola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Genola's full recorded timeline at 1931, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1905, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Genola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1905–1958
- Peak year (1919)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Genola by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (86 births, 32% of the file).
1920s was Genola's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Genola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
51 births
- 1920s
1920s
86 births
- 1930s
1930s
79 births
- 1940s 30
1940s
30 births
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 86 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Genola's decade-level peak was the 1920s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1950s -- 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 Genola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1905–1958 (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 Genola 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.