Genevive
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1896 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,077since 1892
Genevive over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Genevive has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 |
| 1923 | #1,327 | 35 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,405 | 26 |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1892
The first year at least five girls were named Genevive! It came in at #1,450, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Genevive is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Genevive in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Genevive
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 173 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,917)
- 3,565 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1896 at #1,292 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 33,988
- Highest: 1 in 33,988 girls born in 1896 were named Genevive (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 21.7% of all girls named Genevive (234) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #1,292 (1896) | #1,371 |
| 1900s | 25 | #1,466 (1901) | #1,622 |
| 1910s | 172 | #1,405 (1915) | #1,681 |
| 1920s | 234 | #1,327 (1923) | #1,810 |
| 1930s | 131 | #1,876 (1931) | #2,362 |
| 1940s | 71 | #2,742 (1945) | #4,036 |
| 1950s | 46 | #4,483 (1952) | #4,893 |
| 1960s | 34 | #4,773 (1960) | #5,490 |
| 1970s | 14 | #6,611 (1976) | #6,841 |
| 1980s | 30 | #5,911 (1982) | #8,287 |
| 1990s | 57 | #8,804 (1994) | #9,656 |
| 2000s | 147 | #6,350 (2008) | #7,778 |
| 2010s | 64 | #7,513 (2010) | #11,830 |
| 2020s | 40 | #8,542 (2022) | #11,590 |
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.
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