Gennette

Girl · recorded 1929–1979

  • 1979last recorded
  • 1936best year

Most popular in 1936.

Last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1929

051019291942195419671979

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 26 recorded years as a table
Gennette, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19294
19325
193610
19395
19405
19414
19424
19434
19445
19456
19465
19475
19484
19494
19505
19518
19523
19536
19543
19555
19565
19604
19623
19633
19714
19793

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gennette isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1979
5
Rank in 1979
#10,210
How rare
1 in 321,053 girls
Since 1929
187

Gennette was last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1936, at 10 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gennette doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.