Genevive
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JEN-uh-veev
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Genevive is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Genevive mean?
French: variant of Genevieve
A variant of Genevieve, the name of the patron saint of Paris.
Is Genevive a girl's or a boy's name?
Genevive is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Genevive in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Genevive, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.
Half of all the girls named Genevive in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 108 girls in the US were given Genevive or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,609, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Genevive in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,875 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,770 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,566 |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,327 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,751 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,604 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,497 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,405 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,541 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,405 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
Nicknames for Genevive
- Gen
- Genny
Names like Genevive
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Genevive
Names related to Genevive
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Genevive: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/genevive, updated 20 October 2026.