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.

Genny

#5,930 most common girls' name of all time · #10,025 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1925–2013

Rank among girls
#5,930
Rank overall
#10,025 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
1,299
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1971 #1,869
Best rank
#1,810 1959
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
1940196019802000

Genny first appears in 1925. 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 #16,805
2007 5 — 5 #17,884
2005 6 — 6 #14,705
2002 6 — 6 #13,783
2001 8 — 8 #11,153
2000 10 — 10 #9,276
1999 5 — 5 #14,671
1997 8 — 8 #9,947
1996 15 — 15 #6,131
1995 8 — 8 #9,679
1993 7 — 7 #10,749
1992 19 — 19 #5,102
1991 12 — 12 #7,069
1990 18 — 18 #5,105
1989 23 — 23 #4,150
1988 8 — 8 #8,550
1987 21 — 21 #4,032
1986 40 — 40 #2,485
1985 21 — 21 #3,898
1984 38 — 38 #2,487
1983 30 — 30 #2,865
1982 37 — 37 #2,546
1981 30 — 30 #2,948
1980 27 — 27 #3,157
1979 32 — 32 #2,749
1978 21 — 21 #3,556
1977 37 — 37 #2,396
1976 23 — 23 #3,141
1975 22 — 22 #3,202
1974 20 — 20 #3,348
1973 29 — 29 #2,527
1972 27 — 27 #2,627
1971 47 — 47 #1,869
1970 19 — 19 #3,352
1969 27 — 27 #2,550
1968 13 — 13 #3,876
1967 10 — 10 #4,429
1966 18 — 18 #2,977
1965 14 — 14 #3,476
1964 26 — 26 #2,445
1963 31 — 31 #2,146
1962 32 — 32 #2,096
1961 36 — 36 #1,945
1960 29 — 29 #2,171
1959 38 — 38 #1,810
1958 27 — 27 #2,197
1957 18 — 18 #2,782
1956 23 — 23 #2,365
1955 16 — 16 #2,920
1954 21 — 21 #2,430
1953 23 — 23 #2,224
1952 30 — 30 #1,847
1951 11 — 11 #3,401
1950 13 — 13 #3,009
1949 10 — 10 #3,543
1948 15 — 15 #2,674
1947 14 — 14 #2,861
1946 13 — 13 #2,839
1945 10 — 10 #3,083
1944 10 — 10 #3,101
1943 12 — 12 #2,826
1942 14 — 14 #2,520
1941 5 — 5 #4,885
1940 6 — 6 #4,226
1939 7 — 7 #3,718
1938 8 — 8 #3,413
1937 5 — 5 #4,759
1936 5 — 5 #4,712
1934 5 — 5 #4,822
1927 7 — 7 #4,261
1926 6 — 6 #4,805
1925 7 — 7 #4,412