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
- Peak · girls
- 1916 · 3,063 births
- Debut · girls
- 59 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 125,131since 1880
Genevieve over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #148 | 1,981 | — | |
| 2024 | #165 | 1,849 | — | |
| 2023 | #165 | 1,752 | — | |
| 2022 | #165 | 1,748 | — | |
| 2021 | #154 | 1,841 | — | |
| 2020 | #169 | 1,711 | — | |
| 2019 | #168 | 1,722 | — | |
| 2018 | #171 | 1,714 | — | |
| 2017 | #183 | 1,666 | — | |
| 2016 | #188 | 1,734 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #182 | 1,780 | — | |
| 2014 | #210 | 1,610 | — | |
| 2013 | #217 | 1,465 | — | |
| 2012 | #228 | 1,390 | — | |
| 2011 | #232 | 1,366 | — | |
| 2010 | #278 | 1,196 | — | |
| 2009 | #287 | 1,156 | — | |
| 2008 | #322 | 1,041 | — | |
| 2007 | #345 | 963 | — | |
| 2006 | #366 | 888 | — | |
| 2005 | #394 | 795 | — | |
| 2004 | #404 | 754 | — | |
| 2003 | #385 | 787 | — | |
| 2002 | #397 | 737 | — | |
| 2001 | #478 | 582 | — | |
| 2000 | #510 | 523 | — | |
| 1999 | #507 | 511 | — | |
| 1998 | #534 | 471 | — | |
| 1997 | #555 | 420 | — | |
| 1996 | #514 | 460 | — | |
| 1995 | #523 | 462 | — | |
| 1994 | #556 | 432 | — | |
| 1993 | #546 | 433 | — | |
| 1992 | #522 | 456 | — | |
| 1991 | #555 | 421 | — | |
| 1990 | #485 | 501 | — | |
| 1989 | #556 | 403 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #499 | 450 | — | |
| 1987 | #495 | 439 | — | |
| 1986 | #481 | 446 | — | |
| 1985 | #433 | 508 | — | |
| 1984 | #437 | 479 | — | |
| 1983 | #436 | 483 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #421 | 527 | — | |
| 1981 | #425 | 507 | — | |
| 1980 | #424 | 510 | — | |
| 1979 | #438 | 469 | — | |
| 1978 | #436 | 458 | — | |
| 1977 | #479 | 399 | — | |
| 1976 | #471 | 400 | — | |
| 1975 | #525 | 334 | — | |
| 1974 | #531 | 316 | — | |
| 1973 | #557 | 295 | — | |
| 1972 | #521 | 326 | — | |
| 1971 | #547 | 329 | — | |
| 1970 | #577 | 308 | — | |
| 1969 | #621 | 257 | — | |
| 1968 | #691 | 196 | — | |
| 1967 | #685 | 200 | — | |
| 1966 | #652 | 219 | — | |
| 1965 | #635 | 238 | — | |
| 1964 | #600 | 276 | — | |
| 1963 | #579 | 290 | — | |
| 1962 | #600 | 277 | — | |
| 1961 | #553 | 319 | — | |
| 1960 | #600 | 274 | — | |
| 1959 | #625 | 254 | — | |
| 1958 | #545 | 314 | — | |
| 1957 | #521 | 338 | — | |
| 1956 | #566 | 276 | — | |
| 1955 | #530 | 300 | — | |
| 1954 | #519 | 295 | — | |
| 1953 | #483 | 319 | — | |
| 1952 | #460 | 337 | — | |
| 1951 | #443 | 354 | — | |
| 1950 | #406 | 387 | — | |
| 1949 | #387 | 414 | — | |
| 1948 | #376 | 443 | — | |
| 1947 | #395 | 411 | — | |
| 1946 | #345 | 476 | — | |
| 1945 | #323 | 443 | — | |
| 1944 | #302 | 490 | — | |
| 1943 | #283 | 603 | — | |
| 1942 | #277 | 609 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #257 | 618 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #254 | 616 | — | |
| 1939 | #250 | 623 | — | |
| 1938 | #239 | 686 | — | |
| 1937 | #234 | 692 | — | |
| 1936 | #214 | 767 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #195 | 893 | — | |
| 1934 | #183 | 969 | — | |
| 1933 | #172 | 1,055 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #167 | 1,148 | — | |
| 1931 | #145 | 1,360 | — | |
| 1930 | #143 | 1,497 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #142 | 1,583 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #134 | 1,746 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #126 | 2,032 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #128 | 2,031 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #113 | 2,404 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #107 | 2,725 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #97 | 2,869 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #98 | 2,897 | — | |
| 1921 | #90 | 3,235 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #86 | 3,258 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #88 | 3,155 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #81 | 3,304 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #77 | 3,192 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #76 | 3,063 | — | |
| 1915 | #76 | 2,928 | — | |
| 1914 | #76 | 2,254 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #84 | 1,684 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #92 | 1,353 | — | |
| 1911 | #93 | 989 | — | |
| 1910 | #98 | 908 | — | |
| 1909 | #99 | 785 | — | |
| 1908 | #108 | 654 | — | |
| 1907 | #103 | 678 | — | |
| 1906 | #110 | 561 | — | |
| 1905 | #125 | 508 | — | |
| 1904 | #124 | 481 | — | |
| 1903 | #130 | 427 | — | |
| 1902 | #137 | 410 | — | |
| 1901 | #136 | 368 | — | |
| 1900 | #142 | 420 | — | |
| 1899 | #132 | 356 | — | |
| 1898 | #132 | 391 | — | |
| 1897 | #130 | 371 | — | |
| 1896 | #153 | 305 | — | |
| 1895 | #143 | 313 | — | |
| 1894 | #158 | 271 | — | |
| 1893 | #161 | 243 | — | |
| 1892 | #164 | 236 | — | |
| 1891 | #169 | 201 | — | |
| 1890 | #163 | 217 | — | |
| 1889 | #155 | 201 | — | |
| 1888 | #179 | 154 | — | |
| 1887 | #164 | 149 | — | |
| 1886 | #168 | 136 | — | |
| 1885 | #204 | 87 | — | |
| 1884 | #198 | 89 | — | |
| 1883 | #186 | 81 | — | |
| 1882 | #186 | 74 | — | |
| 1881 | #196 | 58 | — | |
| 1880 | #201 | 59 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1916 at #76 (3,063 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1909–1923
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 19.8% of all girls named Genevieve (24,780) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,088 | #155 (1889) | #184 |
| 1890s | 2,904 | #130 (1897) | #151 |
| 1900s | 5,292 | #99 (1909) | #121 |
| 1910s | 22,830 | #76 (1916) | #84 |
| 1920s | 24,780 | #86 (1920) | #112 |
| 1930s | 9,690 | #143 (1930) | #194 |
| 1940s | 5,123 | #254 (1940) | #320 |
| 1950s | 3,174 | #406 (1950) | #510 |
| 1960s | 2,546 | #553 (1961) | #622 |
| 1970s | 3,634 | #436 (1978) | #508 |
| 1980s | 4,752 | #421 (1982) | #461 |
| 1990s | 4,567 | #485 (1990) | #530 |
| 2000s | 8,226 | #287 (2009) | #389 |
| 2010s | 15,643 | #168 (2019) | #206 |
| 2020s | 10,882 | #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 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 661 of them was named Genevieve, which outranked 97.5% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 123,068 of them was named Genevieve, which outranked 39.8% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,659Wiliam10
- #2,659Yoshiaki10
- #2,659Ysmael10
- #2,843Genevieve9
- #2,843Abie9
- #2,843Adams9
- #2,843Aime9
- #3,076Achille8
- #3,076Adair8
- #3,076Admiral8
Tied with 232 names at #2,843; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.