Girls' name · since 1927
Geneiva
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.
- #45,967 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1927
- 1930s
- peak decade
Geneiva is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 20 have been recorded since 1927.
Geneiva has 20 recorded births among girls since 1927, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1945.
- #45,967 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1927
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geneiva ranks #45,967 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1927, peaking in the 1930s.
- #45,967 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1927
- 1930s
- peak decade
Geneiva's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Geneiva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Geneiva's full recorded timeline at 1930, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1930 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Geneiva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1945
- Peak year (1930)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Geneiva by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (8 births, 40% of the file).
1930s was Geneiva's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Geneiva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
7 births
- 1930s
1930s
8 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 8 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Geneiva's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (8 total births) through the 1940s (5) -- 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 Geneiva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~18 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, 1927–1945 (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 Geneiva 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.