Gena
Girl · JEE-nuh · Italian
Gena is a girls' name of Italian origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gena mean?
Italian: variant of Gina, a short form of names such as Georgina, Regina and Virginia
The actress Gena Rowlands was born Virginia Rowlands.
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Is Gena a girl's or a boy's name?
Gena is a girls' name.
How popular is Gena in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1968, with 502 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gena in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,273 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 51 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,067 |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,148 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,211 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,967 |
| 1993 | 98 | #1,567 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,504 |
| 1991 | 96 | #1,578 |
| 1990 | 107 | #1,452 |
| 1989 | 126 | #1,247 |
| 1988 | 128 | #1,180 |
| 1987 | 152 | #1,016 |
| 1986 | 149 | #1,021 |
| 1985 | 173 | #913 |
| 1984 | 202 | #792 |
| 1983 | 171 | #886 |
| 1982 | 189 | #829 |
| 1981 | 212 | #768 |
| 1980 | 209 | #784 |
| 1979 | 267 | #654 |
| 1978 | 264 | #631 |
| 1977 | 297 | #581 |
| 1976 | 268 | #598 |
| 1975 | 361 | #496 |
| 1974 | 284 | #566 |
| 1973 | 313 | #534 |
| 1972 | 363 | #490 |
| 1971 | 396 | #485 |
| 1970 | 401 | #496 |
| 1969 | 389 | #494 |
| 1968 | 502 | #420 |
| 1967 | 486 | #423 |
| 1966 | 411 | #467 |
| 1965 | 325 | #530 |
| 1964 | 459 | #455 |
| 1963 | 458 | #451 |
| 1962 | 398 | #485 |
| 1961 | 272 | #617 |
| 1960 | 267 | #614 |
| 1959 | 197 | #712 |
| 1958 | 197 | #700 |
| 1957 | 166 | #779 |
| 1956 | 167 | #751 |
| 1955 | 158 | #753 |
| 1954 | 83 | #1,075 |
| 1953 | 73 | #1,133 |
| 1952 | 70 | #1,128 |
| 1951 | 60 | #1,202 |
| 1950 | 62 | #1,170 |
| 1949 | 53 | #1,250 |
| 1948 | 61 | #1,143 |
| 1947 | 53 | #1,237 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,507 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,481 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,741 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,366 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,667 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,640 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,603 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,364 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,382 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,802 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,320 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,525 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,422 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,771 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,503 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,566 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,305 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,508 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,626 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,189 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,231 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,308 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,540 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,071 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 15 | #968 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 14 | #931 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,075 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 21 | #803 |
| 1899 | 11 | #983 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 15 | #843 |
| 1895 | 16 | #788 |
| 1894 | 12 | #905 |
| 1893 | 14 | #794 |
| 1892 | 21 | #616 |
| 1891 | 21 | #572 |
| 1890 | 15 | #693 |
| 1889 | 12 | #757 |
| 1888 | 14 | #690 |
| 1887 | 14 | #608 |
| 1886 | 13 | #633 |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 |
| 1884 | 10 | #686 |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
| 1882 | 12 | #530 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 11 | #518 |
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