Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Gena

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gena
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.4% from peak

Peak era

1968

Peak rank proxy

502

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19682024

Peak year

1968

Decline from peak

98.4%

2024

All-time

12,825

Gena once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1968, when 502 girls were named Gena.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 98.4% from its peak.

All told, about 12,825 Americans have been named Gena and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.4% from peak

1968502 girls named Gena

20248 girls named Gena

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