Genea Popularity by Year
Follow Genea across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Genea birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Girls | 5 | #16,869 | Down 3,037 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Up 2,630 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 5 | #16,462 | Down 2,283 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 6 | #14,179 | Down 335 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 6 | #13,844 | Down 3,742 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 9 | #10,102 | Down 228 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 9 | #9,874 | Up 4,248 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 5 | #14,122 | Down 5,788 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 10 | #8,334 | Up 5,184 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 5 | #13,518 | Down 6,877 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 13 | #6,641 | Up 2,163 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 9 | #8,804 | Down 1,766 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 12 | #7,038 | Down 1,320 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 16 | #5,718 | Down 910 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 20 | #4,808 | Up 1,323 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 14 | #6,131 | Up 3,550 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 7 | #9,681 | Down 437 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 7 | #9,244 | Down 1,891 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 9 | #7,353 | Up 2,192 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 6 | #9,545 | Down 1,227 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 7 | #8,318 | Down 3,840 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 16 | #4,478 | Down 2 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 16 | #4,476 | Up 240 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 15 | #4,716 | Down 554 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 18 | #4,162 | Up 165 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 17 | #4,327 | Down 96 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 17 | #4,231 | Down 843 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 22 | #3,388 | Down 550 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 28 | #2,838 | Up 1,316 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 15 | #4,154 | Up 1,362 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 10 | #5,516 | Down 2,833 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 27 | #2,683 | Down 1,645 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 112 | #1,038 | Up 4,071 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 10 | #5,109 | Up 1,253 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 7 | #6,362 | Down 388 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 7 | #5,974 | Down 1,752 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 11 | #4,222 | Down 169 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 11 | #4,053 | Up 1,756 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 6 | #5,809 | Down 1,857 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 11 | #3,952 | Up 2,815 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 5 | #6,767 | Down 2,228 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 9 | #4,539 | Up 1,312 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 6 | #5,851 | Down 155 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 6 | #5,696 | Down 130 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 6 | #5,566 | Up 386 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 5 | #5,952 | — |