Genavieve
Girl · JEN-uh-veev · French
Genavieve is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Genavieve mean?
French: spelling of Genevieve, from Latin Genovefa
A spelling of Genevieve, after Saint Genevieve, patron saint of Paris.
- Say it
- JEN-uh-veev
Is Genavieve a girl's or a boy's name?
Genavieve is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Genavieve in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Genavieve, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had fewer girls named Genavieve than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Genavieve in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 108 girls in the US were given Genavieve or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,609, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Genavieve in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Nicknames for Genavieve
- Gen
- Genny
- Vivi 6 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Genavieve
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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