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Genelle

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Genelle 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
198136 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1904
1,756people given the name
Babies named Genelle, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,756 girls have been named Genelle in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 36 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 36 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1965, and the 1980s alone account for 13%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Genelle
1900s5
1910s83
1920s188
1930s167
1940s156
1950s161
1960s192
1970s205
1980s220
1990s150
2000s106
2010s92
2020s31

In 1981, its biggest year

Genelle was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1981 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1981.

Names that rose and fell with Genelle

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.