Girls' name · peaked in 1915

Genevieve name popularity since 1925

78,117 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Genevieve. Half of them were born in 1990 or earlier, so the typical Genevieve is about 36 years old in 2026. Genevieve peaked in 1915 as the #76 name for girls, and it ranked #148 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 78,117; Named Genevieve, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1915; #76 for girls that year
Typical age: About 36; Median birth year 1990
In 2025: #148; for girls in 2025 (1,981 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 78,033 girls · 84 boys
Most popular in: New Mexico; 2.02× its national share

Peak year is the year Genevieve 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.

Genevieve births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Genevieve peaked earlier, in 1915.

Steepest fall: Between 1942 and 1947, Genevieve's share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 2,220 to 1 in 4,310.
Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, it became 1.8× more common, from 1 in 8,260 baby girls to 1 in 4,670.

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

Decade by decade

Babies named Genevieve 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	9,796	37	–
1930s	9,690	16	#196
1940s	5,123	13	#323
1950s	3,174	0	#530
1960s	2,546	0	#635
1970s	3,634	0	#526
1980s	4,752	12	#433
1990s	4,567	0	#524
2000s	8,226	0	#395
2010s	15,643	6	#182
2020–25	10,882	0	#148

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

Generation fingerprint

28.9% of babies named Genevieve from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:

Where Genevieve is most popular

The index compares Genevieve'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 Genevieve.

State	Index	Babies
New Mexico	2.02×	836
Colorado	1.69×	1,564
Arizona	1.60×	1,554
North Dakota	1.50×	356
Wisconsin	1.41×	2,088

Names with a similar story

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

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Genevieve (1915).

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