Geniva — #15390 US girls' name
203 babies named Geniva in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Geniva was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Geniva in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Geniva
The Social Security Administration has registered 203 babies named Geniva between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geniva currently holds the #15390 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Geniva performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Geniva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Geniva 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 203 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.
Geniva at a glance
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Current rank
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Geniva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (1923)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #15390 among girls.
203 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 10 births in a single year.
Geniva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 66 births that decade — 33% of Geniva's all-time total
Geniva decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Geniva's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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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, 1915–2024 (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.