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Geena

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 1,788

Ireland

#728

2002 births

Geena is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2017 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1994, when 163 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1956.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Geena over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

966
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Geena by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 5
1960s 9
1970s 5
1980s 158
1990s 966
2000s 346
2010s (to 2017) 65

How popular is Geena?

In 2017, Geena was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Geena is used

Ireland #728 3 in 2002
Scotland #738 3 in 2002
Canada #3,594 5 in 2010
England & Wales #4,490 5 in 2010
France #4,885 5 in 2002
United States #12,292 8 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Geena

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Geena

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Geena — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Geena

How popular is the name Geena?

In 2017, Geena was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Geena a girl's or a boy's name?

Geena is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Geena?

Geena has 2 syllables.

When was Geena most popular?

Geena peaked in 1994, when 163 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.