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Genesis

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/

Rank in 2024
#55
Born in 2024
3,835
Peak year
2016 · #58
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:182 in 2024 (#1,151)

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 3,835 girls were named Genesis, about 1 in every 421.
  • It peaked in 2016 with 4,351 babies, ranked #58.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1964.
  • 90,028 girls have been named Genesis since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Genesis per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. 1.2
    Gen Z
  7. 2.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 336 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,179 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Z: 36,133 babies, 1.24 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 47,375 babies, 2.33 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).

  • A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Genesis, CC BY-SA 4.0.