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Jenesis

#816 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Genesis

Jenesis has been given to 6,083 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #816 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 451 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Jenesis, 2025

1 in 9,930

Jenesis over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Jenesis over time

In 2025, Jenesis went to 94% girls and 6% boys.

19822025

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.

Jenesis: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Genesis

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jenesis means

Jenesis is a variant of Genesis.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jenesis → Genesis. The family’s meaning is “creation, beginning, origin”, recorded in English with the source elements génesis.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Genesis.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,743 girls were recorded with the name Jenesis between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 451 in 2023; its best national rank was #654 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #930 in 2020 to #816 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,135 in 2015 to #816 in 2025.

In the United States, 340 boys were recorded with the name Jenesis between 2010 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 50 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,655 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,449 in 2020 to #4,608 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,321 in 2015 to #4,608 in 2025.

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 Jenesis?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,930
334 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 4,810
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#816
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,881 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jenesis 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 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,881 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jenesis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jenesiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jenesis was born before 2017 — so the typical Jenesis is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,743
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.2% of all recorded uses (2,310).

Is Jenesis 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
−104
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+114
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+319
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
74.1%
Peak was 2023 (451)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#654
2023

Spellings of Jenesis

Jenesis is not the most common spelling — Genesis is, with 88.9% against Jenesis's 5.5%.

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 Jenesis is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Jenesis was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 1,887 girls, against 1 in 4,266 across all states with data. It was least common in Massachusetts (1 in 33,333).

353 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 1,887
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 1,923
  3. 3Georgia1 in 2,041
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 2,273
  5. 5Florida1 in 2,564
  6. 6Alabama1 in 2,857
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 3,226
  8. 8Texas1 in 3,333

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.

Geographically, Jenesis is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 63% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Jenesis is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jenesis was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 899,923 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Missouri1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —
  6. 6Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Jenesis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jenesis around the world

Where Jenesis 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
    2022–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • France
    2025–2025
    #6,461
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2010–2024
    #2,710
    in 2024

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

Jenesis by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#816
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 114
Best rank ever
#654
2023
Peak year
2023
451 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,743
Count in 2025
334

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,608
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,159
Best rank ever
#2,655
2022
Peak year
2022
50 that year
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
340
Count in 2025
22

Names similar to Jenesis

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

JenasisJenisisJenelleJenessaJennicaJennahJensenJeniseJeniferJenniJenineJenicaJennyferJennesisJenaeJeniyahJenetteJentryJenevaJenifferJennetteJenayaJennikaJenika

Names with a curve like Jenesis

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

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Sibling names for Jenesis

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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