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.

Genette

#9,794 most common girls' name of all time · #16,305 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1911–2013

Rank among girls
#9,794
Rank overall
#16,305 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
606
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1956 #2,767
Best rank
#2,516 1943
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
19201940196019802000

Genette first appears in 1911. 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
2013 5 — 5 #16,700
2011 6 — 6 #14,923
1985 6 — 6 #9,442
1983 9 — 9 #6,795
1982 6 — 6 #9,380
1981 10 — 10 #6,392
1980 6 — 6 #9,231
1979 7 — 7 #8,174
1978 11 — 11 #5,613
1977 10 — 10 #5,959
1975 9 — 9 #6,067
1974 11 — 11 #5,078
1973 11 — 11 #4,945
1972 9 — 9 #5,568
1970 11 — 11 #4,821
1969 14 — 14 #3,826
1968 7 — 7 #5,765
1967 6 — 6 #6,199
1966 9 — 9 #4,597
1965 17 — 17 #3,081
1964 10 — 10 #4,425
1963 17 — 17 #3,098
1962 6 — 6 #6,024
1961 15 — 15 #3,366
1960 16 — 16 #3,131
1959 6 — 6 #5,725
1958 11 — 11 #3,813
1957 12 — 12 #3,567
1956 18 — 18 #2,767
1955 10 — 10 #3,874
1954 10 — 10 #3,811
1952 11 — 11 #3,437
1951 13 — 13 #3,015
1950 16 — 16 #2,600
1949 13 — 13 #2,918
1948 12 — 12 #3,054
1947 15 — 15 #2,710
1946 11 — 11 #3,124
1945 9 — 9 #3,243
1944 10 — 10 #3,048
1943 14 — 14 #2,516
1942 9 — 9 #3,328
1941 10 — 10 #2,944
1940 9 — 9 #3,085
1939 11 — 11 #2,680
1938 11 — 11 #2,672
1937 6 — 6 #3,982
1936 10 — 10 #2,780
1935 8 — 8 #3,301
1934 5 — 5 #4,545
1933 7 — 7 #3,567
1932 8 — 8 #3,432
1931 5 — 5 #4,579
1928 6 — 6 #4,404
1927 10 — 10 #3,189
1925 8 — 8 #3,852
1922 10 — 10 #3,288
1921 12 — 12 #2,892
1920 7 — 7 #4,181
1918 7 — 7 #4,077
1916 7 — 7 #3,752
1911 5 — 5 #2,813