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Genie

#13,780 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Diminutive of Eugenia

Genie has been given to 2,910 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #13,780 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1982, with 69 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Genie, 2025

1 in 553,000

Genie over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Genie over time

In 2025, Genie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Genie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Eugenia

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Genie means

Genie is a diminutive of Eugenia.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Genie is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒi.ni/ for Genie.

Origin, language, and formation

Genie is used in English and French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Eugenia, Eugene, Gene, Eugenie and Eugénie.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Genie is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒiːni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,737 girls were recorded with the name Genie between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 69 in 1982; its best national rank was #549 in 1883.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,917 in 2020 to #13,780 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,140 in 2015 to #13,780 in 2025.

In the United States, 173 boys were recorded with the name Genie between 1889 and 1951. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1926; its best national rank was #919 in 1889.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Genie?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#13,780
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Genie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Genie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Genies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Genie was born before 1957 — so the typical Genie is around 68 today.

Median birth year
1957
About 68 years old
Biggest decade
1940s
13.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
4.7%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,634
People you could plausibly meet
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1940s — 13.9% of all recorded uses (381).

Is Genie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,323
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,137
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,640
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.50×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.7%
Peak was 1982 (69)
Years since peak
43
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#549
1883

Spellings of Genie

Genie is not the most common spelling — Denise is, with 25.9% against Genie's 0.19%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Genie is used

Across 1910–2025, Genie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 255,834 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in —
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Illinois1 in —
  7. 7Louisiana1 in —
  8. 8North Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Genie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Genie around the world

Where Genie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2025
    #3,035
    in 2025
  • France
    1901–1904
    #970
    in 1904

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Notable people named Genie

People whose public names include Genie, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Genie in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Genie. Linked forms have their own page here.

GeniGenė

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Genie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,780
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,137
Best rank ever
#549
1883
Peak year
1982
69 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,737
Count in 2025
6

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#919
1889
Peak year
1926
11 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
1951
All-time count
173
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Genie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

GennieGentryGennaJunieGeniaGenevieLanieGennySunnieJonieVinnieGenaeDannieLaynieLeonieVonnieGenovevaLainieTonieLennieJohnieSydnieGenellGenisis

Names with a curve like Genie

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Genie, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JohnettaJanettaFredericaDennisJennetteThomasinaJacqualineDouglasJacquelyneLauraleeElbaJay

Sibling names for Genie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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