Genevra

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099

Peak · girls
1882 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
307
since 1882

Genevra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Genevra has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #908, 1882girls
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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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2004#16,0995
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1991#13,1475
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1981#9,1106
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1977#5,53211
1976#9,2845
1975#9,0675
1974#7,6806
1973#7,4356
1972#8,2925
1971
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1969#4,72310
1968#5,1478
1967
1966#6,5645
1965
1964#6,7675
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1961#5,8516
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1957#6,0865
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1945#4,5565
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1941#4,4205
1940#3,8636
1939#3,7826
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1937#4,2555
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1935#4,2045
1934#3,1598
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1930#4,5505
1929#3,3948
1928
1927#4,2866
1926#3,2699
1925#4,4266
1924#3,14410
1923#2,73212
1922#3,3799
1921#1,98820
1920#3,9577
1919#3,4528
1918#3,02410
1917#2,20415
1916#3,9196
1915#2,52611
1914#2,4349
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1912#2,9795
1911#2,4635
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1902#1,3208
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1882#9085
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Genevra! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Genevra
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #908 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1882
Share of babies · girls
1 in 21,569
  • Highest: 1 in 21,569 girls born in 1882 were named Genevra (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 367,250 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 28.3% of all girls named Genevra (87) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#908 (1882)#908
1890s0
1900s8#1,320 (1902)#1,320
1910s69#2,204 (1917)#2,875
1920s87#1,988 (1921)#3,397
1930s29#3,159 (1934)#3,990
1940s16#3,863 (1940)#4,280
1950s5#6,086 (1957)#6,086
1960s34#4,723 (1969)#5,810
1970s38#5,532 (1977)#7,882
1980s6#9,110 (1981)#9,110
1990s5#13,147 (1991)#13,147
2000s5#16,099 (2004)#16,099

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.

Genevra in 1882

girls
#908
5 births · 1 in 21,569 girls

Top girls' names in 1882

  1. #1Mary8,148
  2. #2Anna3,143
  3. #3Emma2,303
  4. #4Elizabeth2,186
  5. #5Minnie2,004
  6. #6Margaret1,821
  7. #7Ida1,673
  8. #8Alice1,542
  9. #9Bertha1,508
  10. #10Annie1,492
  11. #908Genevra5
More about 1882

girls

107,847 girls got a published name in 1882; 1 in 21,569 of them was named Genevra, which outranked 11.7% of the 1,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Genevra
  1. #813Zelda6
  2. #813Zena6
  3. #813Zita6
  4. #908Genevra5
  5. #908Affie5
  6. #908Albert5
  7. #908Albertha5

Tied with 120 names at #908; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 380Clementine#740#360
  2. 337Lissie#830#493
  3. 323Lonnie#830#507
  4. 300Erna#830#530
  5. 300Hedwig#830#530
Fallers
  1. 405Leatha#503#908
  2. 369Grayce#539#908
  3. 369Maye#539#908
  4. 369Rella#539#908
  5. 326Honora#582#908

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

See the top 100 for 1882