# Genesis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/genesis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “creation”, “beginning”, “origin” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.səs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 97,244 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,666 / 93,578 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 385, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,513 | 81 |
| 2012 | 4,309 | 56 |
| 2013 | 4,306 | 55 |
| 2014 | 4,170 | 68 |
| 2015 | 4,168 | 65 |
| 2016 | 4,351 | 58 |
| 2017 | 4,274 | 56 |
| 2018 | 4,099 | 57 |
| 2019 | 4,031 | 58 |
| 2020 | 3,692 | 62 |
| 2021 | 3,345 | 75 |
| 2022 | 3,448 | 65 |
| 2023 | 3,663 | 57 |
| 2024 | 3,849 | 55 |
| 2025 | 3,527 | 66 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 1,760 |
| 2012 | 76 | 1,899 |
| 2013 | 80 | 1,800 |
| 2014 | 65 | 2,126 |
| 2015 | 93 | 1,683 |
| 2016 | 99 | 1,621 |
| 2017 | 103 | 1,577 |
| 2018 | 211 | 981 |
| 2019 | 244 | 901 |
| 2020 | 279 | 824 |
| 2021 | 230 | 970 |
| 2022 | 210 | 1,050 |
| 2023 | 206 | 1,055 |
| 2024 | 183 | 1,146 |
| 2025 | 149 | 1,305 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,436 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,507 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Genesis

- Genesis Rodriguez, American actress (b. 1987)
- Genesis P-Orridge, British artist, musician and writer (1950–2020)
- Génesis Reasco, Ecuadorian wrestler

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.