Gena
Gena is a name with multiple cultural origins: English, Russian.
- English
- Russian
Meaning & Origin of Gena
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gena is a name with multiple cultural origins: English, Russian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Russian
The Story of Gena
American parents first put Gena on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1968, when 502 Genas were born — ranking #420 that year. About 31% of every Gena on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Gena last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 13K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Gena
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gena. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Gena
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About the name Gena
Gena is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Gena's peak popularity came in 1968 when it ranked #420. Use the chart and map above to compare Gena's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.