How rare is the name Genevieve?

51,136 people in the United States have the first name Genevieve, about 1 in 5,906. It ranks #884 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GENEVIEVE

#884

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
51,136
About
1 in 5,906
This common or more
68.2%
Who bears it

Of the 51,136 people named Genevieve, 70.9% reported their origin as White, 14.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Genevieve peaked in 1918, when 3,313 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1918
Births that year
3,313
In 2025*
1,981 ▼40%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 125,282 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Genevieve by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #136. The largest share of babies named Genevieve, 39.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#3001,088
1890s#2142,904
1900s#1655,292
1910s#13622,865
1920s#19224,849
1930s#3469,706
1940s#5895,136
1950s#9173,174
1960s#1,0972,546
1970s#9313,634
1980s#8424,764
1990s#1,0114,567
2000s#7438,226
2010s#45615,649
2020s#37510,882
Before 19013.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2739.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.1%
Baby boom 1946–645.1%
Generation X 1965–804.2%
Millennials 1981–965.9%
Generation Z 1997–1210.8%
2013 and later18%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Genevieve is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Genevieve has been most common in North Dakota (1.9×), Wisconsin (1.7×), and Pennsylvania (1.6×), and least common in Mississippi (0.17×).

111,756 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Genevieve

#882 Conner · 51,296#883 Lena · 51,228#885 Celeste · 51,111#886 Bob · 51,102

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Genevieve, most common first.

#14,196 Genevive · 834#17,129 Genavieve · 649#40,339 Geneveive · 185#45,183 Geneveve · 151#45,829 Genivieve · 147#51,981 Genvieve · 110

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