Jenavieve
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JEN-uh-veev
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Jenavieve is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Jenavieve mean?
Germanic: respelling of Genevieve, from medieval Genovefa
Saint Genevieve is the patron saint of Paris, credited with protecting the city from Attila's Huns in 451.
Is Jenavieve a girl's or a boy's name?
Jenavieve is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jenavieve in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Jenavieve, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Jenavieve in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 108 girls in the US were given Jenavieve or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,609, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
Jenavieve in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,224 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,694 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
Nicknames for Jenavieve
Names like Jenavieve
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Annalise Lorelai Emmeline Emery Juliette Avery Journey Elodie Amelie Caroline Juniper
Other spellings of Jenavieve
Names related to Jenavieve
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Jenavieve: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jenavieve, updated 20 October 2026.