Quick answers about Gena
How many people are named Gena?
An estimated 9,930 living Americans are named Gena.
How rare is Gena?
Gena fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Gena?
The median age of a living American named Gena is approximately 54 years, with most bearers falling between 45 and 61 years old.
Is Gena still popular?
Not especially. Gena has been declining since its 1968 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Gena most common?
Gena has its strongest geographic signal in Oklahoma, where it appears 2.9× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Gena is most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 2.7× the national rate in the 1970s.
States where Gena is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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