Genevra
Genevra was last recorded in 2004, when 5 babies were given it; 307 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 2004 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Genevra by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Genevra?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #16,986, in 2004; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
20 babies in 1921, the peak
Genevra peaked in 1921, when 20 girls were given it, #2,008 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | #16,986 | 2.7 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,889 | 2.7 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,472 | 3.6 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,619 | 7.2 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,772 | 3.4 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,541 | 3.4 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,018 | 4.1 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,742 | 4.1 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,699 | 3.3 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,820 | 5.9 |
Every recorded year (42)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 8 | #5,294 | 4.9 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,904 | 3.0 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,105 | 2.6 |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,073 | 3.0 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,401 | 2.4 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,801 | 3.8 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,647 | 4.1 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,033 | 5.2 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,938 | 5.5 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,486 | 4.7 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,461 | 4.8 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,271 | 7.7 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,805 | 4.4 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,500 | 7.2 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,492 | 5.0 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,367 | 7.6 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,629 | 4.9 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,222 | 8.0 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,794 | 9.9 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,482 | 7.5 |
| 1921 | 20 | #2,008 | 16.2 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,141 | 5.8 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,593 | 7.1 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,111 | 8.6 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,242 | 13.9 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,103 | 5.7 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,596 | 11.2 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,503 | 11.8 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,155 | 9.0 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,622 | 12.0 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,363 | 30.3 |
| 1882 | 5 | #958 | 46.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Genevra a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Genevra has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 42 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Genevra: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Genevra, and how old are they?
An estimated 102 Americans named Genevra and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (33% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 49 and 62. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 256 people named Genevra (256 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 118 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Genevra and names like it
- The most given names of the 1920sGenevra peaked in 1921.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Genevra.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Genevra alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with GMost given first.