Genesee
Girl · jen-uh-SEE · Native American
Genesee is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “beautiful valley”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Genesee mean?
Native American: Seneca place name, via the Genesee River
“beautiful valley”
From the Genesee River and valley of western New York, named from a Seneca word usually translated as beautiful valley.
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Is Genesee a girl's or a boy's name?
Genesee is a girls' name.
How popular is Genesee in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Genesee in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Genesee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
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