Greek genesis, "origin", the name of the first book of the Bible — origin; beginning. Used as a given name in America since the 1980s, most often for girls.
Genesis ranks 66th among American girls in 2025, with 3,676 born that year. Its best year was 2016, when 4,450 babies were given the name, ranking 58th. The typical living American called Genesis is about 12 years old today. It is relatively most common in District of Columbia, where it accounts for 0.29% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.