Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Genelda

#25,919 most common girls' name of all time · #42,029 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1917–1949

Rank among girls
#25,919
Rank overall
#42,029 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
91
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1940 #3,137
Best rank
#3,137 1940
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19201940

Genelda first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1949 6 — 6 #4,941
1943 6 — 6 #4,479
1942 6 — 6 #4,412
1940 9 — 9 #3,137
1939 7 — 7 #3,662
1937 6 — 6 #4,094
1935 5 — 5 #4,632
1930 6 — 6 #4,406
1929 6 — 6 #4,433
1928 6 — 6 #4,565
1925 6 — 6 #4,799
1923 5 — 5 #5,440
1921 7 — 7 #4,383
1920 5 — 5 #5,480
1917 5 — 5 #5,167