Genisis
Feminine · “Greek "origin”
Genesis is a Greek title for a Hebrew book that has a different name. In Hebrew the book is Bereshit, which means in the beginning — because Hebrew books are named after their first words, not their subjects. Genesis, origin, is the Greek translators' description of what the book is about.
How old is the name Genisis?
Genisis first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Genisis alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 800 people named Genisis are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Genisis most popular?
Genisis peaked in 2011, reaching #3603 nationally. Today it ranks #7491, 3,888 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.
Where it comes from
From genesis to Genisis
The story of Genisis
The Hebrew naming convention is worth knowing because it applies to the whole Torah: Bereshit, in the beginning; Shemot, names; Vayikra, and he called; Bamidbar, in the wilderness; Devarim, words. Each is simply the opening phrase. The Greek translators replaced them with descriptive titles — Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy — and those are the ones English inherited, which is why an English reader thinks the first book is called Origin and a Hebrew reader knows it as its own first two words. As a given name Genesis rose sharply in America in the 2000s, and the respelling Genisis peaks in 2011.
Meaning
Greek "origin, coming into being"
From Greek genesis, birth, origin or creation, from the root gen-, to be born or become — the same root as genus, gene, generate and native. It was the title given to the first book of the Torah in the Septuagint, the Greek translation made in Alexandria from the third century BC. Genisis is an American respelling; the unstressed second vowel is a schwa and carries no information.
How the name formed
- genesis
- Genesis
- Genisis
Related forms: Genesis · Génesis · Γένεσις
Pronouncing Genisis
JEN-uh-sis
Three syllables, stress on the first, with a soft g. Spanish stresses the same syllable and writes the accent, Génesis, but uses a breathy h for the g.
Nicknames for Genisis
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
- 1988
- Most girls named
- 201143 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3603reached in 2011
- Change vs 2024
- −22.2%14 in 2025, from 18
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.
Genisis in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Genesis in English — spelling variant
- Génesis in Spanish — same name
- Γένεσις in Greek — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Genisiss among us
people named Genisis are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 114,805 born in 2025 was named Genisis
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Genisis
- #7491
- Genisis on the 2025 chart
- #940
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Genisis went to 14 girls in 2025, but Genysis is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 20, which makes it the 940th most-given girls’ name of the year — 6,551 places above the chart.
- Genisis14
- Genysis6
About 1 girl in 80,363 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 114,805 for Genisis itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lis test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Genisis's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lis climbed just as high around 1961, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lis's path sketches the road Genisis is walking now.
Genisis sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Genisis beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Genisis in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled, transparent and positive.
- Gen and Genny are immediate short forms.
- It is a real word with a documented history rather than an invention.
- Genesis is the standard spelling and will be substituted constantly.
- Spell-checkers flag the respelling and often correct it automatically.
- The word carries a specific religious association.
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Genisis
Feminine · #7491 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Genisiss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Genisis are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Genisis?
- Genisis is the most-used spelling in US records — 14 of the 20 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Genysis.
- How popular is the name Genisis in 2025?
- Genisis ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Genisis?
- About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Genisis — 14 in all.
- Will my child share the name Genisis with classmates?
- Genisis will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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