Genevia
Genevia is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192438 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1895
- 1,383people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,383 girls have been named Genevia in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 38 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 38 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 23%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Genevia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 38 | |
| 1910s | 198 | |
| 1920s | 321 | |
| 1930s | 253 | |
| 1940s | 189 | |
| 1950s | 186 | |
| 1960s | 92 | |
| 1970s | 37 | |
| 1980s | 38 | |
| 1990s | 14 | |
| 2000s | 11 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Genevia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Genevia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Veldapeak 1920
- Bernadinepeak 1924
- Romainepeak 1928
- Lorinepeak 1922
- Lavetapeak 1927
- Germainepeak 1928
- Loretapeak 1916
- Eleasepeak 1923
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.