Jenesis
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Meaning
variant of Genesis, Greek for 'birth, origin'
The story
Jenesis is a variant of Genesis, says Behind the Name, and Genesis means "birth, origin" in Greek: the name of the first book of the Old Testament, the one that tells of the creation of the world, the expulsion of Adam and Eve, Noah and the flood, and the three patriarchs. The J-spelling has its own American line, and it is young: about 41 girls in the 1980s, about 220 in the 1990s, about 920 in the 2000s, about 2,310 in the 2010s, and about 2,260 so far this decade, with a small boys' line surfacing in the last two decades. A Greek word for beginning, a book that opens everything, and a spelling that turned a title into a signature.
How popular is Jenesis around the world?
In the United States, 2,487 babies were named Jenesis between 2020 and 2025.
Jenesis is on the official records of the United States, Canada, England and Wales and Brazil.
United States
1 in 8,800
In the United States, 2,487 babies were named Jenesis between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jenesis peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 52,000
In Canada, 7 girls named Jenesis were born in 2024, ranked 2,710th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 150,000
In England and Wales, 4 girls named Jenesis were born in 2025, ranked 4,867th among girls that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Argentina
last on record 2021
Jenesis is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 91 people in Brazil were named Jenesis, ranked 44,082nd, with a median age of 27.
Among people named Jenesis living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Jenesis
Most people given the name Jenesis in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Jenesis deep dive
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