How Many People Are Named Gena?
people named Gena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 31,894 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,824 babies named Gena in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
502 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gena in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gena alive today is about 52 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 44 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gena first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1968, to 502 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Gena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #420, in 1968.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #420 (1968) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #480 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gena were born in California than in any other state: about 1,111 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gena was given 2.6 times as often in Oklahoma, 1.9 times in Arkansas and 1.8 times in Tennessee.
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