Genna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Genna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Genna: Recorded since 1985, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #456, and it was last ranked in 2010.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#456highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Genna's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2010

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#1543
1998	#1697
1999	#1473
2000	#1475
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2003	#2191
2004	#4598
2005	#2970
2007	#4294
2009	#4564
2010	#4012

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 15 years from 1996 to 2010.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1985–2010 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2010
Most recently recorded at #4012 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010.
England and Wales · Girls

Genna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Genna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	40	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	46	8 of 10	6
2010s	5	1 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Genna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1985 to 2010. Highest recorded position: #456 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Genna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1985 and 2010, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #456, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Genevieve · #235, 61y
Genie · #2689, 10y
Geoff · #323, 11y
Geoffrey · #15, 73y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Julieann · #456, 11y
Adomas · #457, 18y
Roberts · #457, 18y
Alexey · #451, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Julieann · #456, 11y
Zena · #456, 33y
Cloe · #457, 30y
Stacie · #446, 22y

Genna was ranked #456 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1985. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Genna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Genna without appearing here.

Genna moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2004 they stood at #4598 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2970 and #4798.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.
Geraldine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Genna

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.
Liv Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.
Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #2085.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1475 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1107.

Moved the opposite way to Genna

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Genna went from #2096 to #4012 while Ada went from #2683 to #499.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Genna went from #2096 to #4012 while Alma went from #2096 to #1040.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Genna went from #2096 to #4012 while Alyssa went from #783 to #164.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Genna went from #2096 to #4012 while Amalie went from #2096 to #758.

Moved the same way as Genna

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Genna went from #2096 to #4012 and Abigail from #21 to #34.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Genna went from #2096 to #4012 and Aisling from #440 to #1520.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Genna went from #2096 to #4012 and Alex from #161 to #674.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1996 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Genna went from #2096 to #4012 and Alexandra from #38 to #97.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1985 to 2010. Highest recorded position: #456 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Genna

Genna at a glance

What stands out in Genna's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Genna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Genna at a glance

What stands out in Genna's record

Genna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Genna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Genna

Genna and the names beside it

Genna moved ahead of

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