Girls' name · since 2001
Genaveve
44 babies named Genaveve in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,412 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Genaveve is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 44 have been recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Genaveve recorded 44 times among girls since 2001, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2014.
- #36,412 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Genaveve ranks #36,412 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #36,412 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Genaveve's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Genaveve's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Genaveve splits its recorded history at 2007: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Genaveve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2014
- Peak year (2001)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Genaveve by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (28 births, 64% of the file).
2000s was Genaveve's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Genaveve births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Genaveve's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2010s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Genaveve: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Genaveve draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.