first name
GENA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 10,754 people named Gena, 77.3% reported their origin as White, 8.8% as Black and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gena peaked in 1968, when 502 babies got the name.
At least 12,824 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Gena by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #867. The largest share of babies named Gena, 43.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gena is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gena has been most common in Oklahoma (2.2×), Tennessee (1.7×), and Texas (1.6×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.2×).
8,643 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Gena
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gena, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Gena ranks #108,023 of 156,621, with 175 people. See Gena as a last name
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