Genova
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JEN-o-va
- Origin
- Italian
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Genova is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Genova mean?
Italian: Italian name of the city of Genoa
Taken from Genova, the Italian name for the port city of Genoa.
Is Genova a girl's or a boy's name?
Genova 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 Genova in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Genova, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1991, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had fewer girls named Genova than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Genova in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Genova in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,899 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
Names like Genova
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Winona Stella Helena Nora Eliza Matilda Leona Emma Estella Bella Ella Georgia
Names related to Genova
More Italian names
Aria Sienna Enzo Kiara Gemma Ariyah Milani Ariya Armani Bianca Siena Ariah Capri Kara Emiliana Jemma
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, “Genova: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/genova, updated 20 October 2026.