Geneva — #1601 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Geneva

The Social Security Administration has registered 88,631 babies named Geneva between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geneva currently holds the #1601 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 2,582 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geneva performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 23,273 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Geneva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 6,483 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Geneva in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geneva 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 88,631 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.