Geneveve — girls' name
53 babies named Geneveve in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Geneveve was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Geneveve in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Geneveve
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Geneveve between 1916 and 2012, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geneveve currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Geneveve performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Geneveve shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Geneveve 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 53 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.
Geneveve at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Geneveve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1916
- Peak year (1920)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
53 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 8 births in a single year.
Geneveve by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 22 births that decade — 42% of Geneveve's all-time total
Geneveve decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Geneveve's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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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, 1916–2012 (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.