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Genesis

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/

Rank in 2024
#1,151
Born in 2024
182
Peak year
2020 · #825
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:3,835 in 2024 (#55)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 182 boys were named Genesis, about 1 in every 9,425.
  • It peaked in 2020 with 278 babies, ranked #825.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1970.
  • 3,513 boys 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
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 83 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 432 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 999 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,999 babies, 0.09 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.