Girls' name · peaked in 1924

Geneva name popularity since 1925

55,328 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Geneva. Half of them were born in 1942 or earlier, so the typical Geneva is about 84 years old in 2026. Geneva peaked in 1924 as the #110 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 55,328; Named Geneva, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1924; #110 for girls that year
Typical age: About 84; Median birth year 1942
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #1,657 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.7% girls; 55,138 girls · 190 boys
Most popular in: Kentucky; 4.72× its national share

Peak year is the year Geneva made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Geneva births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Geneva peaked earlier, in 1924.

Steepest fall: Between 1953 and 1958, Geneva's share of baby girls fell by 38%, from 1 in 2,520 to 1 in 4,090.

Shaded on the chart. This compares Geneva's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Geneva.

Decade by decade

Babies named Geneva in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	10,889	58	–
1930s	14,279	74	#156
1940s	9,485	47	#212
1950s	6,175	0	#371
1960s	3,350	11	#550
1970s	2,510	0	#626
1980s	2,336	0	#734
1990s	1,974	0	#987
2000s	1,603	0	#1,421
2010s	1,712	0	#1,220
2020–25	825	0	#1,657

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

43.8% of babies named Geneva from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:

Where Geneva is most popular

The index compares Geneva's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Geneva.

State	Index	Babies
Kentucky	4.72×	4,058
Arkansas	3.88×	2,046
South Carolina	3.68×	2,645
Mississippi	3.60×	2,240
West Virginia	3.00×	1,355

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Geneva's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Geneva.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Geneva (1924).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data