Genoveva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- heh-noh-VEH-va
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Genoveva is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Genoveva mean?
Spanish form of Genevieve; root Germanic or Gaulish
Saint Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, is credited with protecting the city from Attila's Huns in 451.
Is Genoveva a girl's or a boy's name?
Genoveva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Genoveva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Genoveva, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1925, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
2025 had fewer girls named Genoveva than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Genoveva in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.
Genoveva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,931 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 28 | #2,599 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,134 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,406 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,488 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,903 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,855 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,562 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,320 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,876 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,185 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,070 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,326 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,857 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,862 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,824 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,697 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,702 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,803 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,150 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,684 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,413 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,119 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,221 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,262 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1931 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,161 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,107 |
| 1928 | 51 | #1,051 |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,108 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,220 |
| 1925 | 51 | #1,064 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,258 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,305 |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,168 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,437 |
| 1920 | 41 | #1,190 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,481 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,600 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,475 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,480 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,421 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,093 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,001 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,122 |
| 1895 | 14 | #858 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
Nicknames for Genoveva
- Veva
Names like Genoveva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leona Loretta Lenora Virginia Clara Winona Alma Vera Della Georgiana Theodora Geneva
Names related to Genoveva
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, “Genoveva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/genoveva, updated 20 October 2026.