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Geneva

Gender
Girl
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,652 for girls

Geneva is a girls' name, meaning “knee”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,652nd for girls in the US (125 babies).

What does Geneva mean?

“knee”

A female given name transferred from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Geneva a girl's or a boy's name?

Geneva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 125 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Geneva in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,990th among girls
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Geneva, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 12 girls.

Half of all the girls named Geneva in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 12 in 19962025
Geneva in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20240–
20234#4,915
20223#5,885
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20174#4,967
20160–
20151#7,629
20144#4,888
20130–
20128#3,148
20110–
20104#4,931
20094#4,795
20080–
20075#3,858
20063#5,259
20056#3,133
20045#3,356
200310#1,954
20023#4,284
20010–
20005#2,907
19993#4,041
19988#2,110
19977#2,281
199612#1,520

How popular is Geneva in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,652nd among girls
Babies in 2025
125 about 1 in 13,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 125 girls in the US were named Geneva, making it the 1,652nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,432nd. Its busiest year was 1924, with 2,582 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Geneva than any year since 1891.

Half of all the girls named Geneva in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1947, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 2,582 in 19242025
Geneva in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025125#1,652
2024131#1,598
2023139#1,534
2022146#1,490
2021132#1,584
2020152#1,432
2019160#1,406
2018160#1,399
2017173#1,340
2016195#1,252
2015203#1,219
2014170#1,368
2013158#1,432
2012185#1,288
2011157#1,440
2010151#1,489
2009171#1,383
2008156#1,495
2007170#1,402
2006161#1,403
2005151#1,417
2004155#1,356
2003153#1,331
2002165#1,217
2001164#1,230
2000157#1,243
1999180#1,101
1998180#1,077
1997184#1,035
1996185#1,011
1995190#983
1994197#940
1993209#915
1992208#931
1991210#913
1990231#848
1989226#834
1988238#789
1987188#893
1986209#802
1985236#732
1984218#747
1983258#666
1982246#707
1981260#671
1980257#678
1979230#722
1978248#652
1977249#652
1976247#628
1975252#625
1974214#687
1973285#572
1972249#624
1971239#662
1970297#591
1969263#614
1968261#594
1967293#549
1966287#560
1965300#550
1964376#504
1963343#526
1962371#501
1961425#472
1960431#468
1959457#451
1958492#422
1957560#385
1956545#381
1955559#370
1954646#334
1953746#301
1952694#304
1951720#293
1950756#284
1949787#275
1948828#270
1947925#246
1946955#233
1945913#212
1944916#215
1943995#209
19421,046#198
19411,051#180
19401,069#178
19391,143#172
19381,179#171
19371,331#158
19361,335#153
19351,306#156
19341,472#139
19331,419#141
19321,632#137
19311,664#136
19301,798#133
19291,846#130
19281,981#124
19272,263#119
19262,329#117
19252,470#109
19242,582#110
19232,406#111
19222,444#110
19212,485#113
19202,467#106
19192,262#107
19182,191#112
19171,997#113
19161,919#112
19151,856#110
19141,371#118
19131,069#120
1912991#116
1911688#122
1910699#117
1909539#131
1908511#136
1907464#141
1906396#151
1905398#149
1904374#145
1903308#161
1902308#162
1901244#179
1900319#172
1899218#189
1898220#196
1897183#204
1896197#197
1895180#202
1894180#195
1893152#206
1892131#226
189196#247
1890112#230
1889117#213
1888109#221
188795#211
188671#245
188550#280
188463#239
188348#261
188247#250
188135#273
188028#294

Names like Geneva

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Georgia, Anna, Eleanor, Emma, Iona, Matilda, Clara, Ada, Ella, Eva, Harriet, Lydia

Names related to Geneva

Genevie, Genova, Genoveva, Genevive

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Geneva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/geneva, updated 20 October 2026.