Genevieve
The 2025 national count puts Genevieve at #148, sitting where it has sat for years. Its high-water mark came in 1918, which makes it a grandparent-generation name enjoying its afterlife.
What Genevieve carries
Genevieve · Celtic
“(?) white wave”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
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Five printables for Genevieve, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Genevieve since 1880
Genevieve peaked in 1918 at #81; #148 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Genevieve is most common
Among the states, Genevieve takes its largest share in Alaska, 0.67% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Vermont and District of Columbia next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Genevieve
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Harvey
#251 in 2025 · Celtic
Arthur
#87 in 2025 · Celtic
Evan
#153 in 2025 · Celtic
Connor
#166 in 2025 · Celtic
George
#126 in 2025 · Greek
Rory
#199 in 2025 · Celtic
Finn
#206 in 2025 · Celtic
Kevin
#221 in 2025 · Celtic
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About Genevieve
How common is Genevieve today?
The 2025 national count puts Genevieve at #148, sitting where it has sat for years. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Genevieve?
The reference we cite records “(?) white wave”, of Celtic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Genevieve?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Harvey sits closest, with Arthur and Evan just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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