Girls' name · since 1917
Genieva
48 babies named Genieva in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,419 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Genieva is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 48 have been recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Genieva has been recorded 48 times among girls since 1917, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1998.
- #35,419 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 48 born since 1917
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Genieva ranks #35,419 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1917, peaking in the 1990s.
- #35,419 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Genieva's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Genieva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Genieva's full recorded timeline at 1980, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1937, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Genieva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1998
- Peak year (1917)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Genieva by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (13 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Genieva's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Genieva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
7 births
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 13 births (27% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Genieva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1917–1998 (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 Genieva 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.