Geneva

#1,652 for girls in 2025, 125 births · Last seen for boys in 1968 at #4,136
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1920 · 2,467 births
Debut · girls
28 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
88,758
since 1880

Geneva over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Geneva has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #106, 1920girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,652125
2024#1,598131
2023#1,534139
2022#1,490146
2021#1,584132
2020#1,432152
2019#1,406160
2018#1,399160
2017#1,340173
2016#1,252195
2015#1,219203
2014#1,368170
2013#1,432158
2012#1,288185
2011#1,440157
2010#1,489151
2009#1,383171
2008#1,495156
2007#1,402170
2006#1,403161
2005#1,417151
2004#1,357155
2003#1,332153
2002#1,218165
2001#1,231164
2000#1,245157
1999#1,103180
1998#1,078180
1997#1,036184
1996#1,013185
1995#986190
1994#941197
1993#916209
1992#933208
1991#915210
1990#849231
1989#836226
1988#789238
1987#893188
1986#802209
1985#732236
1984#747218
1983#666258
1982#707246
1981#671260
1980#678257
1979#722230
1978#652248
1977#652249
1976#628247
1975#625252
1974#687214
1973#572285
1972#624249
1971#662239
1970#591297
1969#614263
1968#594261#4,1365
1967#549293
1966#560287
1965#550300#3,5376
1964#504376
1963#526343
1962#501371
1961#472425
1960#468431
1959#451457
1958#422492
1957#385560
1956#381545
1955#371559
1954#334646
1953#301746
1952#304694
1951#293720
1950#284756
1949#275787#3,6905
1948#270828
1947#246925#3,3706
1946#233955
1945#212913#3,3385
1944#215916#2,6338
1943#209995
1942#1981,046#2,7128
1941#1801,051#3,1336
1940#1781,069#2,4789
1939#1721,143#3,1136
1938#1711,179#2,4799
1937#1581,331#2,4799
1936#1531,335#3,5495
1935#1561,306
1934#1391,472#2,12112
1933#1411,419#2,5429
1932#1371,632#3,3616
1931#1361,664#2,6519
1930#1331,798#2,7819
1929#1301,846#2,19913
1928#1241,981#2,27013
1927#1192,263#3,7806
1926#1172,329#1,98116
1925#1092,470#2,75510
1924#1102,582#3,2608
1923#1112,406#2,9509
1922#1102,444#2,48612
1921#1132,485#3,2148
1920#1062,467#2,13115
1919#1072,262#2,8779
1918#1122,191#2,8829
1917#1131,997#1,98615
1916#1121,919#2,38911
1915#1101,856#2,31011
1914#1181,371
1913#1201,069#2,2737
1912#116991#2,5445
1911#122688
1910#117699
1909#131539
1908#136511
1907#141464
1906#151396
1905#149398
1904#145374
1903#161308
1902#162308
1901#179244
1900#172319
1899#189218
1898#196220
1897#204183
1896#197197
1895#202180
1894#195180
1893#206152
1892#226131
1891#24796
1890#230112
1889#213117
1888#221109
1887#21195
1886#24571
1885#28050
1884#23963
1883#26148
1882#25047
1881#27335
1880#29428
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Geneva was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 36 girls a year got the name.

See more about Geneva
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 54 spots since 2024 (#1,598#1,652)
  • 220 spots since 2020 (#1,432#1,652)
  • 433 spots since 2015 (#1,219#1,652)
  • Biggest jump: 104 spots in 1988 (#893#789)
  • Biggest drop: 115 spots in 1974 (#572#687)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1920 at #106 (2,467 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 116 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1880–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 484
  • Highest: 1 in 484 girls born in 1924 were named Geneva (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,858 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #106 in 1920, was only 1 in 486 (0.21%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.2% of all girls named Geneva (23,273) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s663#211 (1887)#249
1890s1,669#189 (1899)#209
1900s3,861#131 (1909)#153
1910s15,043#107 (1919)#115
1920s23,273#106 (1920)#115
1930s14,279#133 (1930)#150
1940s9,485#178 (1940)#222
1950s6,175#284 (1950)#353
1960s3,350#468 (1960)#534
1970s2,510#572 (1973)#642
1980s2,336#666 (1983)#752
1990s1,974#849 (1990)#977
2000s1,603#1,218 (2002)#1,348
2010s1,712#1,219 (2015)#1,363
2020s825#1,432 (2020)#1,548

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Geneva in 1965

girls
#550
300 births · 1 in 5,884 girls
boys
#3,537
6 births · 1 in 310,024 boys

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #550Geneva300

Top boys' names in 1965

  1. #1Michael80,992
  2. #2John71,493
  3. #3David67,825
  4. #4James67,666
  5. #5Robert63,106
  6. #6William40,111
  7. #7Mark38,244
  8. #8Richard36,817
  9. #9Thomas31,595
  10. #10Jeffrey29,574
  11. #3,537Geneva6
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 5,884 of them was named Geneva, which outranked 92.7% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Geneva
  1. #544Marisa303
  2. #548Gay302
  3. #548Leeann302
  4. #550Geneva300
  5. #551Robbie296
  6. #551Silvia296
  7. #551Whitney296
Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. 723Marni#1,610#887
  2. 654Dionne#1,281#627
  3. 432Marnie#1,016#584
  4. 426Keli#1,383#957
  5. 368Gia#1,334#966
Fallers
  1. 1,326Djuna#738#2,064
  2. 470Djuana#756#1,226
  3. 383Shirl#714#1,097
  4. 297Beverley#955#1,252
  5. 275Dottie#912#1,187

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 310,024 of them was named Geneva, which outranked 20.1% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Geneva
  1. #3,244Woodson7
  2. #3,244Yosef7
  3. #3,244Zedrick7
  4. #3,537Geneva6
  5. #3,537Abdon6
  6. #3,537Addam6
  7. #3,537Albie6
  8. #3,930Aarron5
  9. #3,930Abdel5
  10. #3,930Adelaido5

Tied with 392 names at #3,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. 785Trace#1,655#870
  2. 729Darran#1,729#1,000
  3. 655Daryn#1,371#716
  4. 648Darian#1,545#897
  5. 512Darryn#1,327#815
Fallers
  1. 1,557Jaimie#809#2,366
  2. 443Tammy#875#1,318
  3. 406Destry#637#1,043
  4. 318Dewitt#936#1,254
  5. 303Cassius#860#1,163

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1965