Genevieve

#148 for girls in 2025, 1,981 births · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1916 · 3,063 births
Debut · girls
59 births
In top 100 · girls
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
125,131
since 1880

Genevieve over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #76, 1916girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1481,981
2024#1651,849
2023#1651,752
2022#1651,748
2021#1541,841
2020#1691,711
2019#1681,722
2018#1711,714
2017#1831,666
2016#1881,734#10,7446
2015#1821,780
2014#2101,610
2013#2171,465
2012#2281,390
2011#2321,366
2010#2781,196
2009#2871,156
2008#3221,041
2007#345963
2006#366888
2005#394795
2004#404754
2003#385787
2002#397737
2001#478582
2000#510523
1999#507511
1998#534471
1997#555420
1996#514460
1995#523462
1994#556432
1993#546433
1992#522456
1991#555421
1990#485501
1989#556403#6,2297
1988#499450
1987#495439
1986#481446
1985#433508
1984#437479
1983#436483#6,2385
1982#421527
1981#425507
1980#424510
1979#438469
1978#436458
1977#479399
1976#471400
1975#525334
1974#531316
1973#557295
1972#521326
1971#547329
1970#577308
1969#621257
1968#691196
1967#685200
1966#652219
1965#635238
1964#600276
1963#579290
1962#600277
1961#553319
1960#600274
1959#625254
1958#545314
1957#521338
1956#566276
1955#530300
1954#519295
1953#483319
1952#460337
1951#443354
1950#406387
1949#387414
1948#376443
1947#395411
1946#345476
1945#323443
1944#302490
1943#283603
1942#277609#2,7128
1941#257618#3,5055
1940#254616
1939#250623
1938#239686
1937#234692
1936#214767#3,5495
1935#195893
1934#183969
1933#1721,055#3,6425
1932#1671,148
1931#1451,360
1930#1431,497#3,5926
1929#1421,583#3,2477
1928#1341,746#2,8439
1927#1262,032#3,7806
1926#1282,031#3,7086
1925#1132,404#2,9369
1924#1072,725#2,82210
1923#972,869#4,2395
1922#982,897
1921#903,235#2,9869
1920#863,258#3,2088
1919#883,155#3,7366
1918#813,304#2,8829
1917#773,192#3,5456
1916#763,063
1915#762,928
1914#762,254#2,2719
1913#841,684#2,8215
1912#921,353
1911#93989
1910#98908
1909#99785
1908#108654
1907#103678
1906#110561
1905#125508
1904#124481
1903#130427
1902#137410
1901#136368
1900#142420
1899#132356
1898#132391
1897#130371
1896#153305
1895#143313
1894#158271
1893#161243
1892#164236
1891#169201
1890#163217
1889#155201
1888#179154
1887#164149
1886#168136
1885#20487
1884#19889
1883#18681
1882#18674
1881#19658
1880#20159
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Genevieve was already there! It came in at #201, and was given to 59 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 82 girls a year got the name.

See more about Genevieve
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 17 spots since 2024 (#165#148)
  • 21 spots since 2020 (#169#148)
  • 34 spots since 2015 (#182#148)
  • Biggest jump: 81 spots in 2002 (#478#397)
  • Biggest drop: 80 spots in 1959 (#545#625)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1916 at #76 (3,063 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1909–1923
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 336
  • Highest: 1 in 336 girls born in 1915 were named Genevieve (0.30%)
  • Latest: 1 in 811 girls born in 2025 (0.12%)
  • Its best rank, #76 in 1916, was only 1 in 341 (0.29%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.8% of all girls named Genevieve (24,780) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,088#155 (1889)#184
1890s2,904#130 (1897)#151
1900s5,292#99 (1909)#121
1910s22,830#76 (1916)#84
1920s24,780#86 (1920)#112
1930s9,690#143 (1930)#194
1940s5,123#254 (1940)#320
1950s3,174#406 (1950)#510
1960s2,546#553 (1961)#622
1970s3,634#436 (1978)#508
1980s4,752#421 (1982)#461
1990s4,567#485 (1990)#530
2000s8,226#287 (2009)#389
2010s15,643#168 (2019)#206
2020s10,882#148 (2025)#161

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.

Genevieve in 1927

girls
#126
2,032 births · 1 in 587 girls
boys
#3,780
6 births · 1 in 187,819 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #126Genevieve2,032

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #3,780Genevieve6
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 587 of them was named Genevieve, which outranked 97.8% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Genevieve
  1. #123Stella2,112
  2. #124Rosa2,109
  3. #125Mae2,072
  4. #126Genevieve2,032
  5. #127Loretta2,018
  6. #128Delores2,015
  7. #129Sara1,994
Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 187,819 of them was named Genevieve, which outranked 21.3% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Genevieve
  1. #3,451York7
  2. #3,451Yvonne7
  3. #3,451Zaragoza7
  4. #3,780Genevieve6
  5. #3,780Adalbert6
  6. #3,780Adlai6
  7. #3,780Adolpho6
  8. #4,210Adair5
  9. #4,210Adams5
  10. #4,210Adin5

Tied with 429 names at #3,780; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 1,863Lindbergh#2,436#573
  2. 966Lindy#1,353#387
  3. 601Sonny#1,565#964
  4. 467Akira#1,404#937
  5. 442Maria#1,432#990
Fallers
  1. 684Minoru#963#1,647
  2. 611Reno#825#1,436
  3. 406Hurley#916#1,322
  4. 356Adelbert#842#1,198
  5. 330Gardner#963#1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927