How popular is the name Genesis?

Genesis ranks 379th among girls' names in US records, with 97,975 births since 1964. Over the past decade it accounts for 39,193.

Is Genesis a unisex name?

No. Genesis is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2016, when 4,404 children were given the name. It has been in use for 61 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#379 of girl names

Pronounced JH EH1 N AH0 S AH0 S (ARPABET)

Genesis is a girls' name, and first appears in 1964. It has been given to 97,975 children — the 379th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2016, when 4,404 children were given it.

2016Girls: 4,404Boys: 99

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Genesis?: Genesis ranks 379th among girls' names in US records, with 97,975 births since 1964. Over the past decade it accounts for 39,193.
Is Genesis a unisex name?: No. Genesis is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Genesis most popular?: 2016, when 4,404 children were given the name. It has been in use for 61 years and is still recorded as of 2024.