Geneviev — girls' name
9 babies named Geneviev in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Geneviev was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Geneviev in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Geneviev
The Social Security Administration has registered 9 babies named Geneviev between 1989 and 1989, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geneviev currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Geneviev performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Geneviev in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Geneviev 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 9 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.
Geneviev at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Geneviev popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
9 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 9 births in a single year.
Geneviev by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 9 births that decade — 100% of Geneviev's all-time total
Geneviev decade highlights
- Peak decade 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Geneviev's strongest decade
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Geneviev by state
Where Geneviev concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 9 | 100.0% |
9 of 9 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 100.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 100.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1989–1989 (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.