Geniva

Peak · girls
1928 · 10 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
203
since 1915

Geniva over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Geniva has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,954, 1928girls
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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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2024#15,2935
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2007#17,6365
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1999#14,4115
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1995#11,7836
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1990#11,4096
1989#12,3625
1988#11,7985
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1983#10,2755
1982#10,5175
1981#10,4115
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1978#9,7505
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1949#4,6736
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1946#4,9605
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1943#4,1966
1942#3,7387
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1940#4,3495
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1937#3,8006
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1935#3,7426
1934#3,1598
1933#4,2185
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1931#2,9729
1930#4,5505
1929#4,0536
1928#2,95410
1927#3,8757
1926#3,5648
1925#4,0287
1924#4,0027
1923#3,12510
1922#4,4456
1921#5,0995
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1919#4,2516
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Geniva! It came in at #3,795, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Geniva is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Geniva in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Geniva
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1928 at #2,954 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 2 yrs 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 115,332
  • Highest: 1 in 115,332 girls born in 1928 were named Geniva (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 32.5% of all girls named Geniva (66) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s12#3,795 (1915)#4,023
1920s66#2,954 (1928)#3,905
1930s39#2,972 (1931)#3,740
1940s29#3,738 (1942)#4,383
1950s0——
1960s0——
1970s5#9,750 (1978)#9,750
1980s25#10,275 (1983)#11,073
1990s17#11,409 (1990)#12,534
2000s5#17,636 (2007)#17,636
2010s0——
2020s5#15,293 (2024)#15,293

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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