# Genie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/genie/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒiːni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,910 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 173 / 2,737 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 48, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | 12,782 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,577 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,073 |
| 2009 | 5 | 18,250 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,609 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,393 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,426 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,145 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,716 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,372 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,075 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,998 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,108 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,784 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 8 | 3,212 |
| 1920 | 6 | 3,999 |
| 1921 | 5 | 4,588 |
| 1922 | 9 | 3,111 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,477 |
| 1924 | 7 | 3,632 |
| 1926 | 11 | 2,630 |
| 1928 | 7 | 3,491 |
| 1929 | 8 | 3,084 |
| 1933 | 5 | 3,852 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,435 |
| 1936 | 7 | 2,986 |
| 1943 | 5 | 3,727 |
| 1949 | 5 | 3,893 |
| 1951 | 6 | 3,493 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## 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.