Girls' name · since 1919
Gennieve
31 babies named Gennieve in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #40,515 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Gennieve is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 31 have been recorded since 1919.
Gennieve has 31 recorded births among girls since 1919, 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 1919 to 1927.
- #40,515 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 31 born since 1919
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gennieve ranks #40,515 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1919, peaking in the 1920s.
- #40,515 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Gennieve's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gennieve's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gennieve splits its recorded history at 1922: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gennieve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1927
- Peak year (1921)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Gennieve by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (26 births, 84% of the file).
1920s was Gennieve's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Gennieve births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 26 births (84% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gennieve: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1919–1927 (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 Gennieve 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.