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Girl name

Gennette

100% girls · last recorded 1979

Gennette has been given to about 187 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1951, which makes it a midcentury name.

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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 138
Median age today75 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Gennette per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1951 · 14
  • Born in 20250
  • All time187

How popular is Gennette?

Its best year was 1951, when 14 babies were given the name, ranking 2850th. The typical living American called Gennette is about 75 years old today.

Names that sound like Gennette

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Jeanette0.76
  2. Jeannette0.76
  3. Annette0.72
  4. Evette0.74
  5. Lynnette0.72
  6. Nannette0.72
  7. Jannette0.72
  8. Lynette0.69

Middle names for Gennette

Ranked by flow score
  1. Gennette Rose0.87
  2. Gennette Marie0.87
  3. Gennette Jane0.87
  4. Gennette Louise0.87
  5. Gennette June0.86
  6. Gennette Claire0.86

Sibling names for Gennette

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Margosister · 0.62
  2. Ruthiesister · 0.59
  3. Bonniesister · 0.59
  4. Dennisbrother · 0.59
  5. Ronaldbrother · 0.58
  6. Waynebrother · 0.57

Where Gennette is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Gennette Nguyen0.82
    2. Gennette Moore0.82
    3. Gennette Hill0.82
    4. Gennette Hall0.82
    5. Gennette Brown0.82
    6. Gennette Young0.79

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Gennette

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.