Total births
17
Girls' name · since 1996
Gentiana
Gentiana has 17 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 17
- total births
- 1996–2007
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
Gentiana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 1996.
Gentiana has 17 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2007.
- 17 total births
- 1996–2007 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 65% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
17 girls have been named Gentiana since 1996, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2007.
- 17
- total births
- 1996–2007
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
65% of everyone ever named Gentiana was born in this single decade.
1996
Single peak year
6 babies were named Gentiana in 1996 - its busiest year on record.
Gentiana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gentiana's full recorded timeline at 2001, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gentiana at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
1996
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1996
Gentiana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2007
- Peak year (1996)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Gentiana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Gentiana's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Gentiana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Gentiana? ▼
17 babies have been named Gentiana since 1996. It was last recorded in 2007. The peak year was 1996 with 6 births.
When was Gentiana most popular? ▼
Gentiana was most popular in the 2000s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
How long has the name Gentiana been used? ▼
Gentiana has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 12 years of data through 2007.
What names are similar to Gentiana? ▼
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.
Keep exploring Gentiana
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1996–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Gentiana: Baby Name Since 1996 - 17 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/gentiana. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Gentiana 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 July 2026.