Genie

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 1951 at #3,364
Given to girls 94.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1883 · 13 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,737
since 1880

Genie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #536, 1883peak #874, 1904girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086—
2024#15,2935—
2023#15,1945—
2022——
2021#13,4646—
2020#15,0885—
2019#15,5395—
2018——
2017#15,9025—
2016——
2015#8,93112—
2014#16,5135—
2013#11,9698—
2012#14,9626—
2011——
2010——
2009#17,2945—
2008#15,4056—
2007#17,6365—
2006#12,4208—
2005#10,9219—
2004#14,1796—
2003——
2002#9,48210—
2001#7,72413—
2000#11,8017—
1999#10,3458—
1998#9,2609—
1997#6,48314—
1996#8,8129—
1995#7,04112—
1994#5,98415—
1993#7,03812—
1992#5,71816—
1991#5,00419—
1990#4,23023—
1989#8,0379—
1988#6,27712—
1987#4,28319—
1986#2,90332—
1985#2,65736—
1984#2,19245—
1983#1,85856—
1982#1,65369—
1981#1,88757—
1980#2,27843—
1979#2,99728—
1978#3,28323—
1977#2,55733—
1976#2,48632—
1975#3,15522—
1974#2,43331—
1973#3,12221—
1972#3,06221—
1971#2,42731—
1970#2,64727—
1969#2,64525—
1968#2,96919—
1967#2,11731—
1966#1,73642—
1965#1,99334—
1964#2,15131—
1963#2,01534—
1962#2,03133—
1961#1,69745—
1960#1,72543—
1959#1,95133—
1958#1,48152—
1957#1,50750—
1956#1,76036—
1955#1,97829—
1954#1,64838—
1953#1,58638—
1952#1,74632—
1951#1,84228#3,3646
1950#1,45240—
1949#1,51237#3,6905
1948#1,40943—
1947#1,12064—
1946#1,22949—
1945#1,24941—
1944#1,60926—
1943#1,39535#3,5385
1942#1,38734—
1941#1,38431—
1940#1,74521—
1939#1,88118—
1938#2,02116—
1937#1,99916—
1936#2,26313#2,8547
1935#2,57511—
1934#1,77119#3,2776
1933#2,05215#3,6425
1932#2,36513—
1931#2,75010—
1930#2,42513—
1929#2,19115#2,9808
1928#4,7255#3,3577
1927#2,69912—
1926#2,25716#2,56611
1925#2,28316—
1924#2,80912#3,5057
1923#2,26416#4,2395
1922#2,18617#3,0149
1921#2,28216#4,3225
1920#2,73112#3,8156
1919#2,64012—
1918#2,28915#3,0968
1917#1,77320#2,7329
1916#2,02816#3,8975
1915#2,05015—
1914#1,89613—
1913#2,8276#2,0928
1912#1,62012—
1911#1,54510—
1910#1,33512—
1909#1,15213#1,4405
1908#1,6767#1,3735
1907#1,3849#1,3455
1906#1,5537—
1905#1,2989#1,0916
1904#1,8775#8748
1903#83617—
1902——
1901#1,06710—
1900#1,4318#1,1626
1899#1,2787—
1898#1,09810#1,1215
1897#93112—
1896#1,04710—
1895#1,2028—
1894#71917—
1893#86512—
1892#76215—
1891#89310—
1890#66716#9945
1889#75712#8786
1888#83710—
1887#56016—
1886#60614—
1885#62912—
1884#8517—
1883#53613—
1882#59610—
1881#5829—
1880#8365—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Genie was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Genie is popular in 1904

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Genie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,085 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #13,208)
  • 1,880 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #13,208)
  • 4,277 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1881 (#836 → #582)
  • Biggest drop: 1,041 spots in 1904 (#836 → #1,877)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #536 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1880–1894
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,640
  • Highest: 1 in 8,640 girls born in 1883 were named Genie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 13.9% of all girls named Genie (381) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1929
  • Mostly boys until 1928, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s108#536 (1883)#679
1890s117#667 (1890)#946
1900s85#836 (1903)#1,364
1910s131#1,335 (1910)#2,000
1920s137#2,186 (1922)#2,643
1930s144#1,771 (1934)#2,210
1940s381#1,120 (1947)#1,404
1950s376#1,452 (1950)#1,695
1960s337#1,697 (1961)#2,108
1970s269#2,427 (1971)#2,817
1980s378#1,653 (1982)#3,403
1990s137#4,230 (1990)#6,992
2000s69#7,724 (2001)#12,985
2010s41#8,931 (2015)#13,969
2020s27#13,208 (2025)#14,449

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.

Genie in 1904

girls
#1,877
5 births · 1 in 55,072 girls
boys
#874
8 births · 1 in 16,015 boys

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #1,877Genie5

Top boys' names in 1904

  1. #1John8,108
  2. #2William6,416
  3. #3James5,855
  4. #4George4,219
  5. #5Robert3,414
  6. #6Charles3,406
  7. #7Joseph3,291
  8. #8Frank2,799
  9. #9Edward2,335
  10. #10Henry2,085
  11. #874Genie8
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 55,072 of them was named Genie, which outranked 13.3% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Genie
  1. #1,659Zellie6
  2. #1,659Zelphia6
  3. #1,659Zillie6
  4. #1,877Genie5
  5. #1,877Adabelle5
  6. #1,877Adda5
  7. #1,877Adelaida5

Tied with 288 names at #1,877; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 16,015 of them was named Genie, which outranked 37.3% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Genie
  1. #810Wardell9
  2. #810Welton9
  3. #810Willam9
  4. #874Genie8
  5. #874Acie8
  6. #874Adrain8
  7. #874Adron8
  8. #966Alma7
  9. #966Alonza7
  10. #966Alpheus7

Tied with 91 names at #874; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 615Adelbert#1,130 → #515
  2. ↑ 592Hunter#1,130 → #538
  3. ↑ 564Mac#1,130 → #566
  4. ↑ 564Manley#1,130 → #566
  5. ↑ 483Hezekiah#1,130 → #647
Fallers
  1. ↓ 629Bessie#576 → #1,205
  2. ↓ 629Reynold#576 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 610Nat#595 → #1,205
  4. ↓ 586Minnie#619 → #1,205
  5. ↓ 586Ludwig#619 → #1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1904 →