Girls' name · since 1915
Geniva
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 203 babies named Geniva, peaking in 1923. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,655 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
203 girls have been named Geniva since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Geniva has 203 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2024.
- #19,655 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 203 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Geniva ranks #19,655 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 203 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #19,655 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Geniva's 203 recorded births place it above 72.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Geniva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Geniva splits its recorded history at 1937: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Geniva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2024
- Peak year (1923)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Geniva by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (66 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Geniva's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Geniva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
66 births
- 1930s
1930s
39 births
- 1940s
1940s
29 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 66 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Geniva's data
- Geniva's decade-level peak was the 1920s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Geniva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1915–2024 (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 Geniva 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.