Genesee

Peak · girls
1977 · 10 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
279
since 1977

Genesee over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Genesee has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,888, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2023#13,4626
2022#13,5926
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2020#9,54610
2019#8,13813
2018#10,5459
2017#7,44215
2016#10,11310
2015#9,48111
2014#13,0697
2013#10,23510
2012#10,42910
2011#9,72311
2010#9,23112
2009#12,4298
2008#11,5999
2007#15,4916
2006#9,90111
2005#7,50015
2004#9,89210
2003#10,4259
2002#13,5956
2001#13,5216
2000#15,0315
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1997#9,8028
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1995#11,7836
1994#13,4305
1993#13,4425
1992#13,3175
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Genesee! It came in at #5,888, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Genesee is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Genesee in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Genesee
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 1977 at #5,888 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 115,097
  • Highest: 1 in 115,097 girls born in 2017 were named Genesee (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #5,888 in 1977, was only 1 in 153,315 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 38.7% of all girls named Genesee (108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s16#5,888 (1977)#7,449
1980s5#10,411 (1981)#10,411
1990s43#9,802 (1997)#11,901
2000s85#7,500 (2005)#11,938
2010s108#7,442 (2017)#9,841
2020s22#9,546 (2020)#12,200

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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