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Genoveva

Recorded 1885–2025 · United States

Genoveva was most popular in 1925, when 51 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,939 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,577 people named Genoveva.

Most popular in1925
Rank that year#1,939
Births that year51
Total since 18802,577
Given to100% girls
Alive today~1,000
Median age53

Genoveva over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Genoveva’s peak in 1925. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Genoveva?

Genoveva first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1885, which makes it about 140 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 134 of the 141 years since.

How many people are named Genoveva?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,577 American births named Genoveva between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,399 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Genoveva in 2025?

7 American babies were named Genoveva in 2025, ranking #20,040 that year.

Is Genoveva getting more or less popular?

Genoveva is too rare for a direction to mean much. It averaged 9 births a year across 2021–2025 against 11 a year a decade earlier — at these counts a single baby moves the percentage, and any year under five births is withheld at source.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Genoveva a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Genoveva is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,577 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Genoveva?

Roughly 1,399 Americans named Genoveva are alive today — 54% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 53 years old, and half are between 33 and 70. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Genoveva is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org