Gena vs Genessis
American parents have registered 12,824 Genas since 1880, against 1,227 Genessises. But in 2025 it was Genessis that was commoner, 20 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Gena Genessis
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 145 years in which either name was published, Gena for 124 years and Genessis for 21 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Gena | Genessis | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 12,824 | 1,227 |
| Most in one year | 502 | 86 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 20 |
| Estimated living today | 11,000 | 1,200 |
| Median age today | 54 | 16 |
| Peak year | 1968 | 2009 |
| Best rank | 420th girls | 2,270th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 5,917th |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1988 |
| Girls / boys | 12,824 / 0 | 1,227 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Genas alive today are over 54; half the Genessises are over 16. That is 38 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Gena Oklahoma (2.2×), Tennessee (1.7×), Texas (1.6×)
- Genessis California (5.8×), Texas (3.5×), Virginia (2.0×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Gena and Genessis.