Genesis

What Genesis means

Means “creation, beginning, origin”

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Genesis” (revision 93773304), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Genesis?

US: Steady: #65 in 2015, #66 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2496 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 4,274 girls got the name (#56 that year). First in the US records in 1964.

How common

• About 1 in 456 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 14,899 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (6.44 per 1,000 girls), DE (6.21 per 1,000 girls), MD (4.75 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Genesis is #66 in the US and #1719 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 95.9% of US babies named Genesis were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jenesis334 US · 4 E&W
• Genessis20 US
• Genisis14 US
• Jynesis12 US
• Genesys10 US
• Jenasis8 US
• Genysis6 US
• Jenesys6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Genesis

Girls

• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies
• Khloe#272Variant of Chloe, meaning “young green shoot”^*
• Lydia#92“the region of Lydia”^*
• Elaina#267Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #267 vs #951 in 2025
• Penelope#22possibly “duck”^*
• Cora#113“maiden”^*

For a brother

• Damian#109“to tame”^*
• Solomon#422“peace”^*
• Azariah#472“Yah Has Helped”^*
• Orion#334possibly “heaven's light”^*
• Pierce#505Form of Peter, meaning “stone, rock”^*
• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Genesis’s. Rank is US 2025.