NameTides

Genesis

Genesis was the #66 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,527 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #708 in Canada.

Genesis as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Genesis as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Genesis as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#66 (3,527)#1,719 (17)#708 (42)
2024#55 (3,849)#1,128 (30)#641 (45)
2023#57 (3,663)#1,774 (16)#650 (44)
2022#65 (3,448)#1,685 (17)#927 (28)
2021#75 (3,345)#2,341 (11)#667 (44)
2020#62 (3,692)#1,507 (20)#525 (56)
2019#58 (4,031)#2,040 (13)#631 (48)
2018#57 (4,099)#1,436 (22)#632 (47)
2017#56 (4,274)#1,995 (14)#580 (54)
2016#58 (4,351)#2,547 (10)#782 (36)
2015#65 (4,168)#2,496 (10)#674 (43)
2014#68 (4,170)#1,798 (16)#640 (47)
2013#55 (4,306)#2,176 (12)#705 (40)
2012#56 (4,309)#2,717 (9)#801 (34)
2011#81 (3,513)#3,185 (7)#873 (30)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #56.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1964.

How common is it?

about 1 in 460 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 460common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Genesis is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 420 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 380 to 1 in 460.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Genesis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #201WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #106WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #202MNIllinois: #77ILMichigan: #199MINew York: #104NYMassachusetts: #110MAOregon: #81ORNevada: #38NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #139SDIowa: #106IAIndiana: #83INOhio: #258OHPennsylvania: #196PANew Jersey: #83NJConnecticut: #120CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #39CAUtah: #172UTColorado: #69CONebraska: #67NEMissouri: #196MOKentucky: #93KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #47VAMaryland: #29MDDelaware: #35DEArizona: #45AZNew Mexico: #64NMKansas: #112KSArkansas: #72ARTennessee: #69TNNorth Carolina: #59NCSouth Carolina: #68SCDistrict of Columbia: #43DCOklahoma: #66OKLouisiana: #95LAMississippi: #107MSAlabama: #65ALGeorgia: #43GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #26TXFlorida: #67FL
Genesis (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#61620

Genesis (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GenesisCanadaGirls#70842
GenesisCanadaBoys#2,5277
GenesisEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
GenesisEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
GenesisNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GenesisNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
GenesisUSGirls#663,527
GenesisUSBoys#1,305149