How Many People Are Named Geneva?
people named Geneva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,269 people in the US has this name
Based on 89,067 babies named Geneva in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,590 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly a shortened form of GENEVIEVE. It could also be inspired by the name of the city in Switzerland. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Geneva (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Geneva alive today is about 59 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 40 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Geneva first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 2,590 babies. In 2025, 125 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Geneva has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #106, in 1920. In 2025 it ranked #1,657.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,657 |
| Best rank | #106 (1920) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #113 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Geneva alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Geneva were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,615 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Geneva was given 3.5 times as often in Kentucky, 2.9 times in South Carolina and 2.7 times in Arkansas.
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