Recorded 1994–2011 Girls' name Peak 1994 23 births

Gensis — girls' name

23 babies named Gensis in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s122000s52010s6
1990s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Gensis was born in this single decade.

1994
Single peak year

6 babies were named Gensis in 1994 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gensis

The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Gensis between 1994 and 2011, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gensis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gensis performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gensis shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gensis 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 23 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.

Gensis at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

23

Since 1994

18 years of records

Peak year

1994

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

1994

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2011

Gensis popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1994

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (1994)
6
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
4.555.566.5 2011200119981994 6

Gensis by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
12 births that decade — 52% of Gensis's all-time total
1990s122000s52010s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gensis?
23 babies have been named Gensis since 1994. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 1994 with 6 births.
When was Gensis most popular?
Gensis was most popular in the 1990s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
How long has the name Gensis been used?
Gensis has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 18 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Gensis?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Genevieve, Genesis, Geneva, Gena, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1994–2011 (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.