Genelle
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
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
| Decade | girls named Genelle | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 83 | |
| 1920s | 188 | |
| 1930s | 167 | |
| 1940s | 156 | |
| 1950s | 161 | |
| 1960s | 192 | |
| 1970s | 205 | |
| 1980s | 220 | |
| 1990s | 150 | |
| 2000s | 106 | |
| 2010s | 92 | |
| 2020s | 31 |
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.
- Angelenepeak 1975
- Josefinapeak 1930
- Senaidapeak 1937
- Lareepeak 1958
- Jovitapeak 1930
- Despinapeak 1976
- Angelitapeak 1975
- Romeliapeak 1954
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.