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.

Genene

#10,871 most common girls' name of all time · #18,052 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1929–1986

Rank among girls
#10,871
Rank overall
#18,052 of 105,966
First appeared
1929
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
512
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1960 #2,404
Best rank
#2,404 1960
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
194019601980

Genene first appears in 1929. 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
1986 7 — 7 #8,741
1984 5 — 5 #10,727
1983 9 — 9 #6,846
1981 7 — 7 #8,328
1980 6 — 6 #9,349
1979 12 — 12 #5,517
1978 7 — 7 #7,844
1977 6 — 6 #8,710
1976 15 — 15 #4,224
1975 7 — 7 #7,370
1974 12 — 12 #4,820
1973 15 — 15 #4,036
1972 10 — 10 #5,219
1971 17 — 17 #3,703
1970 23 — 23 #2,978
1969 14 — 14 #3,847
1968 17 — 17 #3,237
1967 14 — 14 #3,557
1966 18 — 18 #2,982
1965 12 — 12 #3,839
1964 16 — 16 #3,320
1963 13 — 13 #3,725
1962 15 — 15 #3,371
1961 14 — 14 #3,541
1960 25 — 25 #2,404
1959 14 — 14 #3,355
1956 8 — 8 #4,663
1955 10 — 10 #3,947
1954 7 — 7 #4,938
1953 11 — 11 #3,622
1952 7 — 7 #4,739
1951 9 — 9 #3,894
1950 9 — 9 #3,857
1949 8 — 8 #4,129
1948 5 — 5 #5,701
1947 6 — 6 #5,089
1945 5 — 5 #5,040
1944 10 — 10 #3,109
1943 6 — 6 #4,573
1942 10 — 10 #3,158
1940 7 — 7 #3,798
1939 7 — 7 #3,730
1938 9 — 9 #3,159
1937 6 — 6 #4,179
1936 9 — 9 #3,088
1935 7 — 7 #3,712
1934 7 — 7 #3,775
1931 7 — 7 #3,837
1930 5 — 5 #5,162
1929 7 — 7 #4,044