Genesis
#66 for girls in 2025, 3,527 births · #1,305 for boys in 2025, 149 births
Given to girls 96.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2013 · 4,306 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 18 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 93,578since 1964
Genesis over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #66 | 3,527 | #1,305 | 149 |
| 2024 | #55 | 3,849 | #1,145 | 183 |
| 2023 | #57 | 3,663 | #1,053 | 206 |
| 2022 | #65 | 3,448 | #1,049 | 210 |
| 2021 | #75 | 3,345 | #968 | 230 |
| 2020 | #62 | 3,692 | #822 | 279 |
| 2019 | #58 | 4,031 | #897 | 244 |
| 2018 | #57 | 4,099 | #981 | 211 |
| 2017 | #56 | 4,274 | #1,575 | 103 |
| 2016 | #58 | 4,351 | #1,618 | 99 |
| 2015 | #65 | 4,168 | #1,677 | 93 |
| 2014 | #68 | 4,170 | #2,116 | 65 |
| 2013 | #55 | 4,306 | #1,794 | 80 |
| 2012 | #56 | 4,309 | #1,891 | 76 |
| 2011 | #81 | 3,513 | #1,755 | 83 |
| 2010 | #89 | 3,303 | #2,010 | 68 |
| 2009 | #83 | 3,669 | #1,809 | 82 |
| 2008 | #95 | 3,523 | #1,874 | 77 |
| 2007 | #140 | 2,486 | #2,185 | 61 |
| 2006 | #169 | 2,088 | #1,919 | 70 |
| 2005 | #155 | 2,224 | #1,889 | 67 |
| 2004 | #184 | 1,858 | #2,102 | 56 |
| 2003 | #218 | 1,493 | #1,870 | 63 |
| 2002 | #228 | 1,372 | #1,851 | 61 |
| 2001 | #224 | 1,418 | #2,050 | 51 |
| 2000 | #247 | 1,303 | #2,087 | 48 |
| 1999 | #254 | 1,244 | #1,710 | 61 |
| 1998 | #260 | 1,185 | #2,199 | 41 |
| 1997 | #256 | 1,147 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #282 | 1,028 | #2,115 | 40 |
| 1995 | #333 | 796 | #1,914 | 44 |
| 1994 | #270 | 1,042 | #1,977 | 42 |
| 1993 | #431 | 582 | #1,792 | 47 |
| 1992 | #373 | 686 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | #434 | 584 | #1,952 | 39 |
| 1990 | #589 | 391 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #643 | 322 | #1,567 | 51 |
| 1988 | #758 | 247 | #2,961 | 18 |
| 1987 | #1,098 | 138 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #1,785 | 64 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #1,680 | 69 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #1,771 | 61 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #1,715 | 63 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #1,922 | 55 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #2,028 | 51 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #2,043 | 51 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #1,824 | 55 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #2,321 | 35 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Genesis! It came in at #6,767, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1968, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Genesis is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#13 · 1 in 103
- Texas#31 · 1 in 242
- California#33 · 1 in 259
- Nevada#36 · 1 in 212
- New Jersey#46 · 1 in 274
Best ever in a state: #1 in District of Columbia, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #13 | 29 | 1 in 103 |
| Texas | #31 | 689 | 1 in 242 |
| California | #33 | 842 | 1 in 259 |
| Nevada | #36 | 54 | 1 in 212 |
| New Jersey | #46 | 140 | 1 in 274 |
| Florida | #47 | 268 | 1 in 307 |
| Virginia | #60 | 118 | 1 in 311 |
| North Carolina | #62 | 139 | 1 in 334 |
| Arizona | #63 | 99 | 1 in 339 |
| New Mexico | #65 | 28 | 1 in 286 |
| Colorado | #66 | 72 | 1 in 331 |
| New York | #67 | 238 | 1 in 398 |
| Maryland | #77 | 73 | 1 in 339 |
| Georgia | #94 | 113 | 1 in 449 |
| Rhode Island | #94 | 9 | 1 in 341 |
| Connecticut | #99 | 30 | 1 in 421 |
| Washington | #119 | 58 | 1 in 541 |
| Massachusetts | #120 | 50 | 1 in 525 |
| Arkansas | #123 | 24 | 1 in 492 |
| Oregon | #125 | 30 | 1 in 521 |
| Illinois | #131 | 105 | 1 in 602 |
| Hawaii | #135 | 8 | 1 in 421 |
| Kansas | #135 | 26 | 1 in 529 |
| Utah | #139 | 34 | 1 in 560 |
| Louisiana | #147 | 32 | 1 in 645 |
| South Carolina | #148 | 29 | 1 in 640 |
| Tennessee | #152 | 44 | 1 in 694 |
| Idaho | #172 | 11 | 1 in 616 |
| Oklahoma | #179 | 24 | 1 in 717 |
| Delaware | #186 | 5 | 1 in 549 |
| Mississippi | #217 | 14 | 1 in 840 |
| Alabama | #218 | 21 | 1 in 953 |
| Nebraska | #233 | 10 | 1 in 821 |
| Pennsylvania | #256 | 44 | 1 in 1,242 |
| Wisconsin | #267 | 21 | 1 in 1,167 |
| Kentucky | #291 | 15 | 1 in 1,286 |
| Indiana | #298 | 23 | 1 in 1,378 |
| Minnesota | #317 | 18 | 1 in 1,377 |
| Missouri | #320 | 19 | 1 in 1,474 |
| Iowa | #365 | 9 | 1 in 1,469 |
| Michigan | #384 | 22 | 1 in 1,943 |
| Ohio | #512 | 20 | 1 in 2,722 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Genesis
- 11 spots since 2024 (#55 → #66)
- 4 spots since 2020 (#62 → #66)
- 1 spot since 2015 (#65 → #66)
- Biggest jump: 340 spots in 1988 (#1,098 → #758)
- Biggest drop: 63 spots in 1995 (#270 → #333)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 2013 at #55 (4,306 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 2008–2025
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1988–2025
- Highest: 1 in 404 girls born in 2017 were named Genesis (0.25%)
- Latest: 1 in 456 girls born in 2025 (0.22%)
- Its best rank, #55 in 2013, was only 1 in 408 (0.25%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 43.3% of all girls named Genesis (40,524) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 | #5,974 (1969) | #6,371 |
| 1970s | 278 | #1,824 (1978) | #3,354 |
| 1980s | 1,121 | #643 (1989) | #1,544 |
| 1990s | 8,685 | #254 (1999) | #348 |
| 2000s | 21,434 | #83 (2009) | #174 |
| 2010s | 40,524 | #55 (2013) | #64 |
| 2020s | 21,524 | #55 (2024) | #63 |
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.
Genesis in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 501 of them was named Genesis, which outranked 99.6% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 24,190 of them was named Genesis, which outranked 87.6% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,797Rashaad83
- #1,797Sameer83
- #1,797Yasin83
- #1,809Genesis82
- #1,809Ajani82
- #1,809Constantine82
- #1,809Dash82
- #1,825Abdullahi81
- #1,825Amaury81
- #1,825Boaz81
Tied with 15 names at #1,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.