Recorded 1999–2017 Girls' name Peak 2009 98 births

Gennavieve — girls' name

98 babies named Gennavieve in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s672010s26
2000s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Gennavieve was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

12 babies were named Gennavieve in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gennavieve

The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Gennavieve between 1999 and 2017, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gennavieve currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gennavieve performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gennavieve shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gennavieve 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 98 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.

Gennavieve at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

98

Since 1999

19 years of records

Peak year

2009

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1999

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2017

Gennavieve popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1999

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2009)
12
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
468101214 2017201220092007200420011999 5

Gennavieve by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
67 births that decade — 68% of Gennavieve's all-time total
1990s52000s672010s26

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gennavieve?
98 babies have been named Gennavieve since 1999. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2009 with 12 births.
When was Gennavieve most popular?
Gennavieve was most popular in the 2000s decade with 67 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Gennavieve been used?
Gennavieve has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 19 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Gennavieve?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Genevieve, Genesis, Geneva, Gena, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1999–2017 (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.