Genevieve
Genevieve is ranked 165th among girls in 2024 (1,835 births). Its best rank was 76th, in 1914–1916.
- Rank in 2024
- #165same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,8350.11% of girls
- Peak year
- 19183,304 births
- Best rank
- #76first in 1914
- Since 1880
- 123,119people given the name
The story in the numbers
123,119 girls have been named Genevieve in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 3,304 births — 0.29% of all girls recorded that year.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 15 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Genevieve | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,088 | |
| 1890s | 2,904 | |
| 1900s | 5,292 | |
| 1910s | 22,830 | |
| 1920s | 24,780 | |
| 1930s | 9,690 | |
| 1940s | 5,123 | |
| 1950s | 3,174 | |
| 1960s | 2,546 | |
| 1970s | 3,635 | |
| 1980s | 4,751 | |
| 1990s | 4,566 | |
| 2000s | 8,225 | |
| 2010s | 15,635 | |
| 2020s | 8,880 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Genevieve was the 81st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Genevieve
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Angelinepeak 1921
- Rubypeak 1924
- Philomenapeak 1922
- Cleopeak 1920
- Elenorpeak 1921
- Elenorepeak 1924
- Rubiepeak 1921
- Bethelpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.