Recorded 1927–1945 Girls' name Peak 1930 20 births

Geneiva — girls' name

20 babies named Geneiva in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s71930s81940s5
1930s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Geneiva was born in this single decade.

1930
Single peak year

8 babies were named Geneiva in 1930 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Geneiva

The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Geneiva between 1927 and 1945, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geneiva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1945. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geneiva performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Geneiva shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geneiva in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 20 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Geneiva at a glance

Last recorded 1945

Total births

20

Since 1927

19 years of records

Peak year

1930

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1930s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1945

Active since

1927

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 1945

Geneiva popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1927

Last recorded 1945
Peak year (1930)
8
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
456789 194519301927 7

Geneiva by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1930s
Peak decade
1930s
8 births that decade — 40% of Geneiva's all-time total
1920s71930s81940s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Geneiva?
20 babies have been named Geneiva since 1927. It was last recorded in 1945. The peak year was 1930 with 8 births.
When was Geneiva most popular?
Geneiva was most popular in the 1930s decade with 8 total births. The single peak year was 1930.
How long has the name Geneiva been used?
Geneiva has been recorded in Social Security data since 1927, spanning 19 years of data through 1945.
What names are similar to Geneiva?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Genevieve, Genesis, Geneva, Gena, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1927–1945 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.