Meaning not yet researched.
Geneva: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 125 in 2025. Its best rank was #106 in 1920.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #106 in 1920; #1,657 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Geneva in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,657 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1920, at #106.
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Geneva: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 125 girls in 2025. Peak: #106 in 1920 · most girls in one year: 2,582 (1924).
In 2025, 125 US girls were named Geneva, making it the 1,657th most common girls’ name of the year, down 55 places from #1,602 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 131 girls named Geneva in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #106, reached in 1920. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,582, in 1924. For comparison, it was #1,220 in 2015 and #285 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Geneva in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 28 babies with the name. In all, 89,067 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 23,383 babies named Geneva.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,513 US girls were named Geneva; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 195. In 2025 that was about 1 in 12,858 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Geneva ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #655 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Genea, Genevra and Genova are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Genea (600), Genevra (307), Genova (251), Geniva (203), Genieva (48), Geneiva (20), Gineva (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Geneva in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 39 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 7 | #655 | #492 |
| Colorado | 6 | #834 | #940 |
| Indiana | 7 | #850 | #799 |
| Ohio | 9 | #985 | — |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,092 | #694 |
| Arizona | 5 | #1,117 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,469 | #840 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,473 | #1,145 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,482 | #1,208 |
| New York | 5 | #2,206 | #1,673 |
| Texas | 9 | #2,277 | #1,431 |
| California | 8 | #2,347 | #1,355 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #1,657 | — | — |
| 2024 | 131 | #1,602 | — | — |
| 2023 | 139 | #1,537 | — | — |
| 2022 | 146 | #1,492 | — | — |
| 2021 | 132 | #1,589 | — | — |
| 2020 | 152 | #1,434 | — | — |
| 2019 | 160 | #1,407 | — | — |
| 2018 | 160 | #1,400 | — | — |
| 2017 | 173 | #1,343 | — | — |
| 2016 | 195 | #1,254 | — | — |
| 2015 | 203 | #1,220 | — | — |
| 2014 | 170 | #1,369 | — | — |
| 2013 | 158 | #1,432 | — | — |
| 2012 | 185 | #1,288 | — | — |
| 2011 | 157 | #1,443 | — | — |
| 2010 | 151 | #1,493 | — | — |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,387 | — | — |
| 2008 | 156 | #1,499 | — | — |
| 2007 | 170 | #1,402 | — | — |
| 2006 | 161 | #1,406 | — | — |
| 2005 | 151 | #1,421 | — | — |
| 2004 | 155 | #1,358 | — | — |
| 2003 | 153 | #1,334 | — | — |
| 2002 | 165 | #1,220 | — | — |
| 2001 | 164 | #1,231 | — | — |
| 2000 | 157 | #1,246 | — | — |
| 1999 | 180 | #1,103 | — | — |
| 1998 | 180 | #1,080 | — | — |
| 1997 | 184 | #1,038 | — | — |
| 1996 | 185 | #1,013 | — | — |
| 1995 | 190 | #987 | — | — |
| 1994 | 197 | #943 | — | — |
| 1993 | 209 | #916 | — | — |
| 1992 | 208 | #935 | — | — |
| 1991 | 210 | #916 | — | — |
| 1990 | 231 | #851 | — | — |
| 1989 | 226 | #837 | — | — |
| 1988 | 238 | #789 | — | — |
| 1987 | 188 | #894 | — | — |
| 1986 | 209 | #803 | — | — |
| 1985 | 236 | #734 | — | — |
| 1984 | 218 | #747 | — | — |
| 1983 | 258 | #667 | — | — |
| 1982 | 246 | #707 | — | — |
| 1981 | 260 | #672 | — | — |
| 1980 | 257 | #678 | — | — |
| 1979 | 230 | #723 | — | — |
| 1978 | 248 | #652 | — | — |
| 1977 | 249 | #652 | — | — |
| 1976 | 247 | #628 | — | — |
| 1975 | 252 | #626 | — | — |
| 1974 | 214 | #688 | — | — |
| 1973 | 285 | #572 | — | — |
| 1972 | 249 | #625 | — | — |
| 1971 | 239 | #663 | — | — |
| 1970 | 297 | #591 | — | — |
| 1969 | 263 | #614 | — | — |
| 1968 | 261 | #594 | 5 | #4,342 |
| 1967 | 293 | #549 | — | — |
| 1966 | 287 | #560 | — | — |
| 1965 | 300 | #550 | 6 | #3,669 |
| 1964 | 376 | #504 | — | — |
| 1963 | 343 | #526 | — | — |
| 1962 | 371 | #501 | — | — |
| 1961 | 425 | #472 | — | — |
| 1960 | 431 | #470 | — | — |
| 1959 | 457 | #451 | — | — |
| 1958 | 492 | #422 | — | — |
| 1957 | 560 | #385 | — | — |
| 1956 | 545 | #381 | — | — |
| 1955 | 559 | #371 | — | — |
| 1954 | 646 | #334 | — | — |
| 1953 | 746 | #301 | — | — |
| 1952 | 694 | #304 | — | — |
| 1951 | 720 | #293 | — | — |
| 1950 | 756 | #285 | — | — |
| 1949 | 787 | #275 | 5 | #3,892 |
| 1948 | 828 | #270 | — | — |
| 1947 | 925 | #246 | 6 | #3,493 |
| 1946 | 955 | #233 | — | — |
| 1945 | 913 | #212 | 5 | #3,488 |
| 1944 | 916 | #215 | 8 | #2,716 |
| 1943 | 995 | #209 | — | — |
| 1942 | 1,046 | #198 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 1941 | 1,051 | #180 | 6 | #3,281 |
| 1940 | 1,069 | #178 | 9 | #2,551 |
| 1939 | 1,143 | #172 | 6 | #3,250 |
| 1938 | 1,179 | #171 | 9 | #2,545 |
| 1937 | 1,331 | #158 | 9 | #2,565 |
| 1936 | 1,335 | #153 | 5 | #3,741 |
| 1935 | 1,306 | #156 | — | — |
| 1934 | 1,472 | #139 | 12 | #2,168 |
| 1933 | 1,419 | #141 | 9 | #2,614 |
| 1932 | 1,632 | #137 | 6 | #3,519 |
| 1931 | 1,664 | #136 | 9 | #2,733 |
| 1930 | 1,798 | #133 | 9 | #2,858 |
| 1929 | 1,846 | #130 | 13 | #2,248 |
| 1928 | 1,981 | #124 | 13 | #2,315 |
| 1927 | 2,263 | #119 | 6 | #3,935 |
| 1926 | 2,329 | #117 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1925 | 2,470 | #109 | 10 | #2,823 |
| 1924 | 2,582 | #110 | 8 | #3,348 |
| 1923 | 2,406 | #111 | 9 | #3,044 |
| 1922 | 2,444 | #110 | 12 | #2,546 |
| 1921 | 2,485 | #113 | 8 | #3,318 |
| 1920 | 2,467 | #106 | 15 | #2,169 |
| 1919 | 2,262 | #107 | 9 | #2,961 |
| 1918 | 2,191 | #112 | 9 | #2,963 |
| 1917 | 1,997 | #113 | 15 | #2,028 |
| 1916 | 1,919 | #112 | 11 | #2,440 |
| 1915 | 1,856 | #110 | 11 | #2,363 |
| 1914 | 1,371 | #118 | — | — |
| 1913 | 1,069 | #120 | 7 | #2,353 |
| 1912 | 991 | #116 | 5 | #2,679 |
| 1911 | 688 | #122 | — | — |
| 1910 | 699 | #117 | — | — |
| 1909 | 539 | #131 | — | — |
| 1908 | 511 | #136 | — | — |
| 1907 | 464 | #141 | — | — |
| 1906 | 396 | #151 | — | — |
| 1905 | 398 | #149 | — | — |
| 1904 | 374 | #145 | — | — |
| 1903 | 308 | #161 | — | — |
| 1902 | 308 | #162 | — | — |
| 1901 | 244 | #180 | — | — |
| 1900 | 319 | #172 | — | — |
| 1899 | 218 | #189 | — | — |
| 1898 | 220 | #196 | — | — |
| 1897 | 183 | #204 | — | — |
| 1896 | 197 | #197 | — | — |
| 1895 | 180 | #203 | — | — |
| 1894 | 180 | #195 | — | — |
| 1893 | 152 | #207 | — | — |
| 1892 | 131 | #226 | — | — |
| 1891 | 96 | #249 | — | — |
| 1890 | 112 | #230 | — | — |
| 1889 | 117 | #213 | — | — |
| 1888 | 109 | #221 | — | — |
| 1887 | 95 | #211 | — | — |
| 1886 | 71 | #246 | — | — |
| 1885 | 50 | #281 | — | — |
| 1884 | 63 | #240 | — | — |
| 1883 | 48 | #262 | — | — |
| 1882 | 47 | #252 | — | — |
| 1881 | 35 | #273 | — | — |
| 1880 | 28 | #298 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).