Genie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JEE-nee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Genie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “well-born”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Genie mean?
Greek: pet form of Eugenie or Eugenia
“well-born”
A pet form of Eugenie, from Greek eugenes 'well-born', though now often heard as the magical genie.
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Is Genie a girl's or a boy's name?
Genie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Genie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 186% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Genie, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were given Genie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Genie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Genie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Genie, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1982, with 69 girls.
Half of all the girls named Genie in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Genie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,656 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,191 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,653 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,887 |
| 1980 | 43 | #2,278 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,557 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,427 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,647 |
| 1969 | 25 | #2,645 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,117 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,736 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,014 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,696 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,724 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,950 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,480 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,506 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,759 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,977 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,647 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,585 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,745 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,841 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,451 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,511 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,408 |
| 1947 | 64 | #1,119 |
| 1946 | 49 | #1,228 |
| 1945 | 41 | #1,248 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,608 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,394 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,387 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,256 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,152 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 17 | #836 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1897 | 12 | #931 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,047 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 17 | #719 |
| 1893 | 12 | #865 |
| 1892 | 15 | #762 |
| 1891 | 10 | #893 |
| 1890 | 16 | #667 |
| 1889 | 12 | #757 |
| 1888 | 10 | #837 |
| 1887 | 16 | #560 |
| 1886 | 14 | #606 |
| 1885 | 12 | #629 |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
| 1883 | 13 | #536 |
| 1882 | 10 | #596 |
| 1881 | 9 | #582 |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Names like Genie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Genie
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Genie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/genie, updated 20 October 2026.