Girls' name · since 1916
Geneiveve
Geneiveve has 33 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
33 girls have been named Geneiveve since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Geneiveve has 33 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1961.
- #39,823 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 33 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geneiveve ranks #39,823 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #39,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Geneiveve's 33 recorded births place it above 44.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Geneiveve's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Geneiveve's full recorded timeline at 1921, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Geneiveve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1961
- Peak year (1916)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Geneiveve by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (16 births, 48% of the file).
1920s was Geneiveve's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Geneiveve births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
16 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 16 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Geneiveve's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 1960s (6) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Geneiveve: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1916–1961 (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 Geneiveve 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.