Genetta
Feminine
Genetta sounds like Jeanette and Janetta, spelled with a G that gives it a softer look. It is a rare name of three syllables with the stress in the middle.
How old is the name Genetta?
Genetta first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Genetta alive today was born around 1948, making them about 77 years old. About 300 people named Genetta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Genetta most popular?
Genetta peaked in 1940, reaching #2203 nationally. See the whole 1940 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Genetta
Genetta's letters echo an old Latin plant name, genista, the broom that blazes yellow across heathland. Geoffrey of Anjou was said to wear a sprig of it in his cap, planta genista, and his descendants, the kings of England from Henry II to Richard III, became known as the Plantagenets. Genetta has no recorded tie to the plant or the dynasty, but it shares their sound, and a name with a flowering shrub and a line of kings in its echo is a pleasant thing to carry.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source records the origin of Genetta. It resembles Jeanette and Janetta, feminines of John, but no record says it was built from them.
Pronouncing Genetta
juh-NET-uh
Stress on the middle syllable, with a soft G.
Nicknames for Genetta
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1913
- Most girls named
- 195817 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2203reached in 1940
- Change vs 1984
- +20.0%6 in 1988, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Genettas among us
people named Genetta are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Genetta sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It sounds familiar because Jeanette is familiar.
- Netta and Gen give two short forms.
- People will write Jeanette or Janetta.
- There is no recorded meaning to give when someone asks.
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Frequently asked
- How many Genettas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Genetta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Genetta in 2025?
- Genetta is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Genetta with classmates?
- Genetta will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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