Girls' name · since 1910
Geneveive
Geneveive has 250 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 250
- born since 1910
- 1910s
- peak decade
250 girls have been named Geneveive since 1910, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geneveive has been recorded 250 times among girls since 1910, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2007.
- #17,587 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 250 born since 1910
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geneveive ranks #17,587 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 250 born since 1910, peaking in the 1910s.
- #17,587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 250
- born since 1910
- 1910s
- peak decade
Geneveive's 250 recorded births place it above 75.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Geneveive's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Geneveive's SSA record in two at 1925 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1935, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Geneveive popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2007
- Peak year (1916)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 98 years of records
Geneveive by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (106 births, 42% of the file).
1910s was Geneveive's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Geneveive births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
106 births
- 1920s
1920s
94 births
- 1930s 24
1930s
24 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 106 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Geneveive's data
- Geneveive's decade-level peak was the 1910s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Geneveive: 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 (~97 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, 1910–2007 (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 Geneveive 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.