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Genell

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Genell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
193234 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1912
1,437people given the name
Babies named Genell, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,437 girls have been named Genell in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1932, with 34 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 34 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1930s alone account for 18%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Genell
1910s64
1920s203
1930s264
1940s234
1950s222
1960s175
1970s133
1980s88
1990s40
2010s14

In 1932, its biggest year

Genell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1932 were Mary, Betty, Barbara, Dorothy and Joan. See all of 1932.

Names that rose and fell with Genell

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.