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Gena

Gena means “fair and smooth”. 11,744 US babies since 1940, peak 1968.

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What it means

“fair and smooth”

Spelling of Genna

In US birth records

Peak year: 1968

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11,744 US babies were named Gena between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Gena (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 62% of the family

  • Gena 62%
  • Genna 16%
  • Geena 8%
  • Genia 8%
  • Genea 3%
  • Geniyah 1%
  • Geniya 1%
  • Genoa 1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1968)