Gena vs Genevia
American parents have registered 12,824 Genas since 1880, against 1,383 Genevias. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Gena Genevia
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 142 years in which either name was published, Gena for 117 years and Genevia for 25 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1880–1917 Gena ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1918–1941 Genevia ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1945–2024 Gena ahead
9 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Gena | Genevia | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 12,824 | 1,383 |
| Most in one year | 502 | 38 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 11,000 | 500 |
| Median age today | 54 | 70 |
| Peak year | 1968 | 1924 |
| Best rank | 420th girls | 1,301st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1895 |
| Girls / boys | 12,824 / 0 | 1,383 / 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 Genevias alive today are over 70; half the Genas are over 54. That is 16 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×)
- Genevia Louisiana (24.4×), Mississippi (11.8×), Kentucky (8.6×)
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 Genevia.