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Jenesis

JEN-uh-sis /ˈdʒənəsɪs/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#816 of girl names
Babies in 2025
334 (0.019% of girls)
Trend
Rising #929 in 2020 to #816 in 2025
Peak
#651 in 2023
First recorded
1982

Meaning of Jenesis

Jenesis is a luminous, modern daughter of the ancient name Genesis, the book that opens Scripture with the Latin words “in principio”—in the beginning. Spoken as JEN-uh-sis, her three crisp beats tumble off the tongue like bright marbles, announcing fresh starts and second chances. In storybook fashion, she tiptoed onto U.S. birth records in the 1980s, climbed from barely a handful of cradles to more than 390 in 2024, and now hovers around rank 576, proving that a whisper of innovation can blossom into a chorus. Parents often choose her to honor faith without sounding old-world, to salute entrepreneurship (“let’s start something new!”), or simply to gift their niña a name that feels like sunrise wrapped in silk. Jenesis may be spelled with a playful J, but she still carries the gravitas of creation—just with a wink, a twirl, and the promise that every chapter after hers will start on a clean, hopeful page.

How to pronounce Jenesis

English

Popularity of Jenesis in the U.S.

Jenesis was the #816 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 334 babies. It peaked at #651 in 2023 and has been in the top 1,000 since 2018. It first appears in the records in 1982.

Bar and line chart: Jenesis in the U.S., 1982–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 451 in 2023 and 334 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #651 in 2023, #816 in 2025.
  • Girls named Jenesis (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1982–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1982⁠–⁠2025 42 rows
Jenesis: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025334816▼ 104
2024394712▼ 61
2023451651▲ 58
2022415709▲ 35
2021383744▲ 185
2020278929▼ 32
2019297897▲ 71
2018273968▲ 114
20172341,082▲ 6
20162371,088▲ 47
20152231,135▲ 19
20142151,154▼ 137
20132451,017▲ 115
20122171,132▲ 78
20111981,210▲ 153
20101711,363▲ 221
20091421,584▲ 101
20081321,685▲ 318
20071022,003▼ 109
20061071,894▲ 110
2005942,004▼ 5
2004921,999▲ 63
2003862,062▲ 757
2002532,819▼ 119
2001552,700▲ 40
2000532,740▲ 505
1999393,245▼ 129
1998403,116▲ 2,112
1997195,228▼ 922
1996244,306▲ 2,735
1995127,041▼ 2,520
1994224,521▲ 3,531
1993108,052▼ 3,366
1992214,686▲ 973
1991165,659▼ 599
1990185,060▲ 3,701
198988,761▼ 370
198888,391back (not recorded in 1987)
198678,523▲ 784
198569,307▼ 1,154
198478,153back (not recorded in 1983)
1982510,518new

Jenesis by state

Jenesis ranks #254 in Louisiana (2025).

Map: Jenesis's 2025 rank among girl names in each U.S. state
Rank among girl names by state, 2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Rank by state 19 states
Jenesis: rank and babies by state, 2025
StateRankBabies
Louisiana25417
Mississippi3418
Georgia40228
Florida46240
Virginia60612
Indiana61110
South Carolina6147
North Carolina63416
Tennessee64511
Illinois66714
Ohio66814
Arizona6769
Missouri8116
Alabama8195
Texas84035
California85534
New York1,02814
Michigan1,0616
Pennsylvania1,2316