Genevive — girls' name

What the Data Says About Genevive

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,069 babies named Genevive between 1892 and 2023, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Genevive currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Genevive performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 234 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Genevive shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Genevive in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Genevive 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 1,069 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.