Genie

Where Genie comes from

The dictionaries list Genie as a given name — a male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1864
    Genie Sheppard born
    British militant suffragette
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1883
    Peak, #536
    13 babies named Genie — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1929
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
  • A female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia
Namesakes
  • Genie Sheppard · British militant suffragette, 1864–1953

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.