girls:
3k births since 1934
#3159 (45th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1934
#4940 (36th percentile)
The name Genna is the #4,940 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,021 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 36.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,159 (44.7% percentile) for all time with 3,021 births since 1934.
Genna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (first recorded for girls in 1934). Birth data for Genna is available in 72 out of the 89 years between 1934 and 2022. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Genna reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 17.1% percentile (ranked #675) with 78 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 78 births per million (ranked 17.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Genna".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Genna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.2% confident that Genna is pronounced as JEH-nuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GEH-nuh, at 26.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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