Genia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JEE-nee-uh
- Origin
- Greek
Genia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “well-born”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Genia mean?
Greek: short form of Eugenia, from Greek eugenes
“well-born”
A short form of Eugenia, used in Russian, Polish and Italian; Eugenia comes from Greek eugenes, well-born.
Is Genia a girl's or a boy's name?
Genia is a girls' name.
How popular is Genia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1964, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the girls named Genia in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.
Genia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,269 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,557 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,565 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,698 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,906 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,859 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,784 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,812 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,821 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,646 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,689 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,497 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,522 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,857 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,567 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,763 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,616 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,166 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,753 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,870 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,339 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,479 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
Names like Genia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Genia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/genia, updated 20 October 2026.