Genieve — girls' name
536 babies named Genieve in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Genieve was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Genieve in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Genieve
The Social Security Administration has registered 536 babies named Genieve between 1900 and 2008, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Genieve currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Genieve performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Genieve shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Genieve in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Genieve 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 536 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.
Genieve at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Genieve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1900
- Peak year (1915)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
536 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 22 births in a single year.
Genieve by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 148 births that decade — 28% of Genieve's all-time total
Genieve decade highlights
- Peak decade 148 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Genieve's strongest decade
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Genieve by state
Where Genieve concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 536 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Indiana 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Indiana accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1900–2008 (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.