Jeneva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jeh-NEE-va
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Jeneva is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Jeneva mean?
Celtic: respelling of Geneva, the Swiss city
The ancient name of Geneva is thought to be Celtic; it is also used as a short form of Genevieve.
Is Jeneva a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeneva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeneva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 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, 17 girls in the US were named Jeneva, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1926, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1905.
2025 had more girls named Jeneva than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Jeneva in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jeneva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,513 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,366 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
Names like Jeneva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliza, Emma, Johanna, Aurora, Vienna, Isabella, Paulina, Sophia, Emily, Julia, Helena, Angelina
Names related to Jeneva
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alana, Alan, Tristan, Lana, Alaina, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah, Cedric
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, “Jeneva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeneva, updated 20 October 2026.