Genola — girls' name
266 babies named Genola in U.S. Social Security records since 1905, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Genola was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Genola in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Genola
The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Genola between 1905 and 1958, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Genola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Genola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Genola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Genola 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 266 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.
Genola at a glance
Last recorded 1958Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Genola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1905
- Peak year (1919)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1958.
266 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 14 births in a single year.
Genola by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 86 births that decade — 32% of Genola's all-time total
Genola decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Genola's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1905–1958 (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.