Genevive

Peak · girls
1896 · 7 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,077
since 1892

Genevive over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Genevive has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,292, 1896girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024—
2023#15,1945
2022#8,54212
2021#12,2067
2020#11,0908
2019—
2018—
2017#12,7137
2016—
2015#14,4826
2014#14,5586
2013#13,1507
2012#12,1998
2011#8,19614
2010#7,51316
2009#9,97511
2008#6,35021
2007#7,39417
2006#7,48216
2005#8,33013
2004#7,39115
2003#7,20715
2002#7,81613
2001#9,35110
2000#6,48716
1999#11,3857
1998#9,2609
1997#9,8028
1996#8,8129
1995—
1994#8,8049
1993—
1992—
1991#9,3368
1990#10,1937
1989—
1988—
1987#8,7787
1986—
1985—
1984—
1983#8,0477
1982#5,91111
1981#10,4115
1980—
1979—
1978—
1977—
1976#6,6118
1975—
1974—
1973—
1972—
1971—
1970#7,0706
1969—
1968#5,6427
1967—
1966—
1965—
1964—
1963#5,8916
1962#5,2937
1961#5,8516
1960#4,7738
1959#4,6258
1958#4,8907
1957—
1956—
1955#5,2086
1954#5,1486
1953#4,5957
1952#4,4837
1951—
1950#5,3015
1949#5,2445
1948#5,2435
1947#4,7646
1946#4,4176
1945#2,74211
1944#4,5745
1943#3,04010
1942#3,4448
1941#3,0309
1940#3,8636
1939#2,9229
1938#2,57911
1937#2,31713
1936#2,38612
1935#2,09515
1934#2,74110
1933#2,40412
1932#2,36513
1931#1,87618
1930#1,93418
1929#2,30114
1928#2,19416
1927#1,77123
1926#2,07618
1925#1,53529
1924#1,56629
1923#1,32735
1922#1,95720
1921#1,62527
1920#1,75123
1919#1,60425
1918#1,49728
1917#1,50725
1916#1,86718
1915#1,40526
1914#1,54118
1913#1,40517
1912#1,84410
1911#2,4635
1910—
1909—
1908—
1907—
1906#1,5537
1905#1,5387
1904—
1903—
1902—
1901#1,4666
1900#1,9325
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896#1,2927
1895—
1894—
1893—
1892#1,4505
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#1,292 (1896)#1,371
1900s25#1,466 (1901)#1,622
1910s172#1,405 (1915)#1,681
1920s234#1,327 (1923)#1,810
1930s131#1,876 (1931)#2,362
1940s71#2,742 (1945)#4,036
1950s46#4,483 (1952)#4,893
1960s34#4,773 (1960)#5,490
1970s14#6,611 (1976)#6,841
1980s30#5,911 (1982)#8,287
1990s57#8,804 (1994)#9,656
2000s147#6,350 (2008)#7,778
2010s64#7,513 (2010)#11,830
2020s40#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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