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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #76, 1916girls
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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#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.

Where Genevieve is popular in 1883

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1883

girls
#186
81 births · 1 in 1,387 girls

Top girls' names in 1883

  1. #1Mary8,012
  2. #2Anna3,306
  3. #3Emma2,367
  4. #4Elizabeth2,255
  5. #5Minnie2,035
  6. #6Margaret1,881
  7. #7Bertha1,681
  8. #8Ida1,634
  9. #9Annie1,589
  10. #10Clara1,548
  11. #186Genevieve81
More about 1883

girls

112,320 girls got a published name in 1883; 1 in 1,387 of them was named Genevieve, which outranked 82.4% of the 1,054 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Genevieve
  1. #182Jean83
  2. #184Adeline82
  3. #184Lettie82
  4. #186Genevieve81
  5. #186Myra81
  6. #186Olga81
  7. #189Selma80
  8. #190Abbie79
  9. #190Katharine79

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

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. ↑ 391Cathryn#908 → #517
  2. ↑ 378Paula#813 → #435
  3. ↑ 372Annis#908 → #536
  4. ↑ 365Malissa#740 → #375
  5. ↑ 348Hope#813 → #465
Fallers
  1. ↓ 390Gena#530 → #920
  2. ↓ 365Minna#389 → #754
  3. ↓ 360Arie#560 → #920
  4. ↓ 360Leone#560 → #920
  5. ↓ 360Sybil#560 → #920

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

See the top 100 for 1883 →