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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #106, 1920girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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.

Where Geneva is popular in 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedMNIllinois: #989 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,428 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedWIMichigan: #638 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,362 girlsMINew York: #666 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,626 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedINOhio: #1,016 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,818 girlsOHPennsylvania: #614 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,286 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #773 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 6,742 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedWVVirginia: #555 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,707 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedDEArizona: #636 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,599 girlsAZNew Mexico: #378 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,921 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedARTennessee: #492 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,967 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #408 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,963 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #680 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,014 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedALGeorgia: #803 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,419 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Geneva, so not publishedHITexas: #562 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 4,167 girlsTXFlorida: #612 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,020 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#378 · 1 in 1,921
  2. North Carolina#408 · 1 in 2,963
  3. Tennessee#492 · 1 in 3,967
  4. Virginia#555 · 1 in 4,707
  5. Texas#562 · 1 in 4,167

Best ever in a state: #19 in Kentucky, 1925.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#37851 in 1,921
North Carolina#408121 in 2,963
Tennessee#49271 in 3,967
Virginia#55571 in 4,707
Texas#562321 in 4,167
Florida#612131 in 5,020
Pennsylvania#614111 in 6,286
Arizona#63651 in 4,599
Michigan#63891 in 6,362
New York#666191 in 5,626
Louisiana#68061 in 5,014
California#773301 in 6,742
Georgia#80351 in 7,419
Illinois#98971 in 10,428
Ohio#1,01651 in 13,818
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1985

girls
#732
236 births · 1 in 7,292 girls

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #732Geneva236
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 7,292 of them was named Geneva, which outranked 94.1% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Geneva
  1. #726Marla237
  2. #726Shanta237
  3. #726Sheree237
  4. #732Geneva236
  5. #732Delilah236
  6. #732Felisha236
  7. #732Susanna236
  8. #736Gabriella235
  9. #737Abbie234
  10. #737Gillian234

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1985