How rare is the name Genesis?

62,795 people in the United States have the first name Genesis, about 1 in 4,810. It ranks #784 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GENESIS

#784

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
62,795
About
1 in 4,810
This common or more
66.4%
Who bears it

Of the 62,795 people named Genesis, 80.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 11% as Black and 5.4% as White. 96.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Genesis peaked in 2016, when 4,450 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
4,450
In 2025*
3,676 ▼17%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 97,244 babies have been given the name since 1964. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Genesis by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #155. The largest share of babies named Genesis, 54.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#13,98612
1970s#3,660353
1980s#1,8871,288
1990s#6139,094
2000s#33722,070
2010s#15941,646
2020s#15522,781
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–800.4%
Millennials 1981–966.8%
Generation Z 1997–1238.2%
2013 and later54.6%

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 Genesis is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Genesis has been most common in Nevada (3.7×), Arizona (2.4×), and Texas (2.3×), and least common in West Virginia (0.05×).

94,283 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 Genesis

#782 Mateo · 63,143#783 Mercedes · 62,850#785 Krystal · 62,788#786 Ramona · 62,766

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Genesis, most common first.

#8,927 Genisis · 1,593#14,117 Genessis · 841#18,210 Gensis · 594#21,819 Gennesis · 462#26,383 Genesys · 353#36,405 Genises · 218#42,346 Genecis · 170#46,679 Geneses · 142

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