Meaning not yet researched.
Genevieve: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,981 in 2025. Its best rank was #76 in 1916.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #76 in 1916; #148 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Genevieve in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#148 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1916, at #76.
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Genevieve: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,981 girls in 2025. Peak: #76 in 1916 · most girls in one year: 3,304 (1918).
In 2025, 1,981 US girls were named Genevieve, making it the 148th most common girls’ name of the year, up 17 places from #165 in 2024. That is 132 more than the 1,849 girls named Genevieve in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #76, reached in 1916. The most girls given the name in a single year was 3,304, in 1918. For comparison, it was #182 in 2015 and #406 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Genevieve in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 59 babies with the name. In all, 125,282 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 24,849 babies named Genevieve.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 17,718 US girls were named Genevieve; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,981. In 2025 that was about 1 in 811 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Genevieve ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #41 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 8 states (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Genoveva, Genevive and Genavieve are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Eve, Jean and Jenny.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Genoveva (2,577), Genevive (1,077), Genavieve (848), Geneveive (250), Gennavieve (98), Genowefa (95), Genavive (84), Geneveve (53), Genaveve (44), Genivieve (40), Geneiveve (33), Ginevieve (19), and more.
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 11 | #41 | #54 |
| District of Columbia | 10 | #71 | #229 |
| Hawaii | 10 | #73 | — |
| Vermont | 5 | #80 | — |
| Iowa | 35 | #82 | #119 |
| Kansas | 34 | #83 | #90 |
| Missouri | 63 | #85 | #118 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | #97 | #127 |
| Illinois | 83 | #109 | #166 |
| Colorado | 49 | #109 | #131 |
| Michigan | 71 | #112 | #154 |
| Wisconsin | 43 | #117 | #139 |
| Virginia | 61 | #118 | #157 |
| Arizona | 51 | #121 | #199 |
| Maine | 9 | #121 | #145 |
| Connecticut | 24 | #126 | #139 |
| Pennsylvania | 83 | #126 | #154 |
| Minnesota | 41 | #128 | #145 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | #128 | #97 |
| Utah | 34 | #130 | #170 |
| Massachusetts | 41 | #133 | #141 |
| Washington | 51 | #134 | #166 |
| Louisiana | 31 | #135 | #287 |
| Ohio | 82 | #135 | #180 |
| New Jersey | 58 | #135 | #163 |
| Indiana | 49 | #136 | #196 |
| New York | 107 | #149 | #197 |
| Delaware | 6 | #152 | — |
| Nebraska | 15 | #152 | #131 |
| Nevada | 16 | #153 | #202 |
| California | 193 | #161 | #178 |
| Tennessee | 47 | #164 | #358 |
| Oregon | 21 | #171 | #141 |
| Maryland | 30 | #173 | #152 |
| Arkansas | 17 | #179 | #534 |
| South Carolina | 26 | #182 | #325 |
| Montana | 6 | #183 | #154 |
| Florida | 98 | #186 | #205 |
| Alabama | 22 | #205 | #368 |
| Idaho | 11 | #206 | #226 |
| Georgia | 52 | #206 | #286 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #207 | #135 |
| Oklahoma | 19 | #210 | #310 |
| North Carolina | 51 | #212 | #246 |
| New Mexico | 7 | #226 | #345 |
| Texas | 151 | #232 | #228 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #285 | — |
| Kentucky | 15 | #292 | #200 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #460 | #444 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,981 | #148 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,849 | #165 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,752 | #165 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,748 | #165 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,841 | #154 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,711 | #169 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,722 | #168 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,714 | #171 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,666 | #183 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,734 | #188 | 6 | #11,183 |
| 2015 | 1,780 | #182 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,610 | #210 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,465 | #218 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,390 | #228 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,366 | #232 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,196 | #278 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,156 | #287 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,041 | #324 | — | — |
| 2007 | 963 | #345 | — | — |
| 2006 | 888 | #366 | — | — |
| 2005 | 795 | #395 | — | — |
| 2004 | 754 | #404 | — | — |
| 2003 | 787 | #385 | — | — |
| 2002 | 737 | #397 | — | — |
| 2001 | 582 | #478 | — | — |
| 2000 | 523 | #510 | — | — |
| 1999 | 511 | #507 | — | — |
| 1998 | 471 | #534 | — | — |
| 1997 | 420 | #556 | — | — |
| 1996 | 460 | #515 | — | — |
| 1995 | 462 | #524 | — | — |
| 1994 | 432 | #556 | — | — |
| 1993 | 433 | #547 | — | — |
| 1992 | 456 | #524 | — | — |
| 1991 | 421 | #556 | — | — |
| 1990 | 501 | #486 | — | — |
| 1989 | 403 | #556 | 7 | #6,463 |
| 1988 | 450 | #499 | — | — |
| 1987 | 439 | #495 | — | — |
| 1986 | 446 | #482 | — | — |
| 1985 | 508 | #433 | — | — |
| 1984 | 479 | #437 | — | — |
| 1983 | 483 | #437 | 5 | #6,617 |
| 1982 | 527 | #421 | — | — |
| 1981 | 507 | #425 | — | — |
| 1980 | 510 | #424 | — | — |
| 1979 | 469 | #438 | — | — |
| 1978 | 458 | #436 | — | — |
| 1977 | 399 | #479 | — | — |
| 1976 | 400 | #472 | — | — |
| 1975 | 334 | #526 | — | — |
| 1974 | 316 | #531 | — | — |
| 1973 | 295 | #558 | — | — |
| 1972 | 326 | #521 | — | — |
| 1971 | 329 | #548 | — | — |
| 1970 | 308 | #578 | — | — |
| 1969 | 257 | #621 | — | — |
| 1968 | 196 | #691 | — | — |
| 1967 | 200 | #686 | — | — |
| 1966 | 219 | #653 | — | — |
| 1965 | 238 | #635 | — | — |
| 1964 | 276 | #601 | — | — |
| 1963 | 290 | #579 | — | — |
| 1962 | 277 | #600 | — | — |
| 1961 | 319 | #553 | — | — |
| 1960 | 274 | #602 | — | — |
| 1959 | 254 | #625 | — | — |
| 1958 | 314 | #546 | — | — |
| 1957 | 338 | #521 | — | — |
| 1956 | 276 | #566 | — | — |
| 1955 | 300 | #530 | — | — |
| 1954 | 295 | #519 | — | — |
| 1953 | 319 | #483 | — | — |
| 1952 | 337 | #460 | — | — |
| 1951 | 354 | #443 | — | — |
| 1950 | 387 | #406 | — | — |
| 1949 | 414 | #387 | — | — |
| 1948 | 443 | #376 | — | — |
| 1947 | 411 | #395 | — | — |
| 1946 | 476 | #345 | — | — |
| 1945 | 443 | #323 | — | — |
| 1944 | 490 | #302 | — | — |
| 1943 | 603 | #283 | — | — |
| 1942 | 609 | #277 | 8 | #2,791 |
| 1941 | 618 | #257 | 5 | #3,703 |
| 1940 | 616 | #254 | — | — |
| 1939 | 623 | #250 | — | — |
| 1938 | 686 | #239 | — | — |
| 1937 | 692 | #234 | — | — |
| 1936 | 767 | #214 | 5 | #3,742 |
| 1935 | 893 | #196 | — | — |
| 1934 | 969 | #183 | — | — |
| 1933 | 1,055 | #172 | 5 | #3,851 |
| 1932 | 1,148 | #167 | — | — |
| 1931 | 1,360 | #145 | — | — |
| 1930 | 1,497 | #143 | 6 | #3,744 |
| 1929 | 1,583 | #142 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 1928 | 1,746 | #134 | 9 | #2,919 |
| 1927 | 2,032 | #126 | 6 | #3,936 |
| 1926 | 2,031 | #128 | 6 | #3,884 |
| 1925 | 2,404 | #113 | 9 | #3,009 |
| 1924 | 2,725 | #107 | 10 | #2,892 |
| 1923 | 2,869 | #97 | 5 | #4,476 |
| 1922 | 2,897 | #98 | — | — |
| 1921 | 3,235 | #90 | 9 | #3,075 |
| 1920 | 3,258 | #86 | 8 | #3,321 |
| 1919 | 3,155 | #88 | 6 | #3,898 |
| 1918 | 3,304 | #81 | 9 | #2,964 |
| 1917 | 3,192 | #77 | 6 | #3,714 |
| 1916 | 3,063 | #76 | — | — |
| 1915 | 2,928 | #76 | — | — |
| 1914 | 2,254 | #76 | 9 | #2,335 |
| 1913 | 1,684 | #84 | 5 | #2,999 |
| 1912 | 1,353 | #92 | — | — |
| 1911 | 989 | #93 | — | — |
| 1910 | 908 | #98 | — | — |
| 1909 | 785 | #99 | — | — |
| 1908 | 654 | #108 | — | — |
| 1907 | 678 | #103 | — | — |
| 1906 | 561 | #110 | — | — |
| 1905 | 508 | #125 | — | — |
| 1904 | 481 | #124 | — | — |
| 1903 | 427 | #130 | — | — |
| 1902 | 410 | #137 | — | — |
| 1901 | 368 | #137 | — | — |
| 1900 | 420 | #142 | — | — |
| 1899 | 356 | #132 | — | — |
| 1898 | 391 | #132 | — | — |
| 1897 | 371 | #130 | — | — |
| 1896 | 305 | #153 | — | — |
| 1895 | 313 | #143 | — | — |
| 1894 | 271 | #158 | — | — |
| 1893 | 243 | #161 | — | — |
| 1892 | 236 | #164 | — | — |
| 1891 | 201 | #169 | — | — |
| 1890 | 217 | #163 | — | — |
| 1889 | 201 | #155 | — | — |
| 1888 | 154 | #180 | — | — |
| 1887 | 149 | #164 | — | — |
| 1886 | 136 | #169 | — | — |
| 1885 | 87 | #204 | — | — |
| 1884 | 89 | #198 | — | — |
| 1883 | 81 | #186 | — | — |
| 1882 | 74 | #187 | — | — |
| 1881 | 58 | #197 | — | — |
| 1880 | 59 | #202 | — | — |
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).