Gena Name Popularity

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How popular is Gena?

In 2018 the rare name Gena, ranked the 12,835th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Gena is currently less popular.

Position 419, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1968 with 502 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Gena was less than 5, most recently in 1881.

Gena, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1883-1886, 1888-1891, 1912-1916, 1937-1943, 1944-1948, 1951-1956, and 1957-1963, whereas 1970-1973, 1977-1980, 1987-1995, 2003-2006, and 2011-2014 were years of successive downward movement.

The popularity trend for Gena has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Gena lately has dropped significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gena?

Gena's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Gena is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Gena has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Gena (Girl)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		7	12,835
2017		7	13,137
2016		10	10,327
2015		14	8,130
2014		10	10,402
2013		16	7,498
2012		15	7,948
2011		16	7,546
2010		16	7,637
2009		21	6,386
2008		28	5,187
2007		30	4,850
2006		22	5,988
2005		30	4,514
2004		36	3,929
2003		43	3,373
2002		39	3,479
2001		51	2,852
2000		68	2,290
1999		47	2,867
1998		51	2,665
1997		68	2,076
1996		63	2,160
1995		60	2,226
1994		71	1,982
1993		98	1,572
1992		104	1,508
1991		96	1,587
1990		107	1,457
1989		126	1,253
1988		128	1,184
1987		151	1,025
1986		149	1,021
1985		173	913
1984		201	795
1983		172	884
1982		189	831
1981		212	770
1980		209	785
1979		267	653
1978		264	631
1977		297	582
1976		268	599
1975		361	496
1974		284	566
1973		314	534
1972		363	490
1971		397	484
1970		401	496
1969		389	494
1968		502	419
1967		486	423
1966		411	467
1965		325	530
1964		459	455
1963		458	452
1962		397	486
1961		273	615
1960		267	614
1959		197	713
1958		197	702
1957		166	780
1956		167	753
1955		158	757
1954		83	1,081
1953		73	1,135
1952		70	1,130
1951		60	1,205
1950		62	1,175
1949		53	1,256
1948		61	1,147
1947		53	1,245
1946		34	1,518
1945		30	1,494
1944		23	1,766
1943		36	1,376
1942		25	1,681
1941		19	1,905
1940		15	2,141
1939		18	1,908
1938		15	2,153
1937		9	3,019
1936		21	1,656
1935		16	2,036
1934		22	1,622
1933		28	1,380
1932		29	1,400
1931		19	1,826
1930		33	1,331
1929		26	1,540
1928		24	1,699
1927		32	1,436
1926		23	1,794
1925		30	1,517
1924		29	1,579
1923		36	1,310
1922		30	1,516
1921		33	1,416
1920		26	1,635
1919		32	1,379
1918		22	1,776
1917		25	1,522
1916		36	1,197
1915		32	1,237
1914		15	1,773
1913		19	1,328
1912		13	1,567
1911		17	1,087
1910		8	1,834
1909		6	2,056
1908		11	1,294
1907		11	1,240
1906		7	1,618
1905		15	983
1904		8	1,401
1903		14	945
1902		11	1,093
1901		13	937
1900		21	816
1899		11	998
1898		9	1,205
1897		9	1,112
1896		15	853
1895		16	798
1894		12	921
1893		14	806
1892		21	626
1891		21	578
1890		15	705
1889		12	771
1888		14	701
1887		14	619
1886		13	644
1885		11	670
1884		10	701
1883		5	969
1882		12	542
1881		< 5	--
1880		11	529

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.