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How popular is “Geneva” in the USA?

Number of people named “Geneva” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Geneva” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Geneva” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Geneva” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Geneva” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Geneva” by birth year

This chart shows how “Geneva” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 28 0.000138969 28 100%
1881 35 0.000181641 35 100%
1882 47 0.000212158 47 100%
1883 48 0.000221253 48 100%
1884 63 0.000258768 63 100%
1885 50 0.000207595 50 100%
1886 71 0.000278087 71 100%
1887 95 0.000384006 95 100%
1888 109 0.000363971 109 100%
1889 117 0.00040492 117 100%
1890 112 0.000371598 112 100%
1891 96 0.000334876 96 100%
1892 131 0.000391777 131 100%
1893 152 0.000467372 152 100%
1894 180 0.000531459 180 100%
1895 180 0.000512791 180 100%
1896 197 0.000551074 197 100%
1897 183 0.000527443 183 100%
1898 220 0.000576739 220 100%
1899 218 0.000642624 218 100%
1900 319 0.000708483 319 100%
1901 244 0.000705586 244 100%
1902 308 0.000796415 308 100%
1903 308 0.000807975 308 100%
1904 374 0.000926924 374 100%
1905 398 0.000938852 398 100%
1906 396 0.00092426 396 100%
1907 464 0.000997013 464 100%
1908 511 0.00104574 511 100%
1909 539 0.001054332 539 100%
1910 699 0.00118332 699 100%
1911 688 0.001067862 688 100%
1912 996 0.001008034 991 5 99%
1913 1076 0.000946258 1069 7 99%
1914 1371 0.000967985 1371 100%
1915 1867 0.001018868 1856 11 99%
1916 1930 0.000997717 1919 11 99%
1917 2012 0.001002616 1997 15 99%
1918 2200 0.001013306 2191 9 99%
1919 2271 0.001076178 2262 9 99%
1920 2482 0.001096947 2467 15 99%
1921 2493 0.001067892 2485 8 99%
1922 2456 0.001072885 2444 12 99%
1923 2415 0.001048869 2406 9 99%
1924 2590 0.0010875 2582 8 99%
1925 2480 0.001062871 2470 10 99%
1926 2345 0.001021384 2329 16 99%
1927 2269 0.000978288 2263 6 99%
1928 1994 0.000881935 1981 13 99%
1929 1859 0.000848022 1846 13 99%
1930 1807 0.00081276 1798 9 99%
1931 1673 0.000795005 1664 9 99%
1932 1638 0.000775829 1632 6 99%
1933 1428 0.000714197 1419 9 99%
1934 1484 0.000714555 1472 12 98%
1935 1306 0.00062491 1306 100%
1936 1340 0.000644982 1335 5 99%
1937 1340 0.00062891 1331 9 99%
1938 1188 0.000536931 1179 9 98%
1939 1149 0.000521457 1143 6 99%
1940 1078 0.000468149 1069 9 98%
1941 1057 0.000433832 1051 6 99%
1942 1054 0.000385824 1046 8 98%
1943 995 0.000352517 995 100%
1944 924 0.000343484 916 8 98%
1945 917 0.000345658 912 5 99%
1946 956 0.000299189 956 100%
1947 931 0.000258444 925 6 99%
1948 828 0.000239825 828 100%
1949 792 0.000227274 787 5 99%
1950 756 0.000215793 756 100%
1951 720 0.000195454 720 100%
1952 694 0.000182728 694 100%
1953 746 0.000193583 746 100%
1954 646 0.000162283 646 100%
1955 559 0.000139225 559 100%
1956 545 0.000132184 545 100%
1957 560 0.000133265 560 100%
1958 493 0.000119258 493 100%
1959 456 0.000109668 456 100%
1960 431 0.00010376 431 100%
1961 425 0.0001026 425 100%
1962 371 0.000091937 371 100%
1963 343 0.000086656 343 100%
1964 376 0.000096718 376 100%
1965 306 0.000084403 300 6 96%
1966 287 0.000082574 287 100%
1967 293 0.000086306 293 100%
1968 266 0.000078735 261 5 96%
1969 263 0.000075676 263 100%
1970 297 0.000082351 297 100%
1971 239 0.000069631 239 100%
1972 250 0.000079542 250 100%
1973 284 0.000094137 284 100%
1974 213 0.000070066 213 100%
1975 253 0.000083792 253 100%
1976 247 0.000081403 247 100%
1977 249 0.000078388 249 100%
1978 248 0.000078138 248 100%
1979 230 0.000069131 230 100%
1980 257 0.000074612 257 100%
1981 260 0.000075158 260 100%
1982 246 0.000070126 246 100%
1983 258 0.000074495 258 100%
1984 218 0.000062486 218 100%
1985 236 0.000066123 236 100%
1986 209 0.000058756 209 100%
1987 188 0.000052141 188 100%
1988 238 0.000064411 238 100%
1989 226 0.000058786 226 100%
1990 231 0.000058444 231 100%
1991 210 0.000053912 210 100%
1992 208 0.000054149 208 100%
1993 209 0.000055434 209 100%
1994 197 0.00005299 197 100%
1995 190 0.000051882 190 100%
1996 185 0.000050724 185 100%
1997 184 0.000050748 184 100%
1998 180 0.000048937 180 100%
1999 180 0.000048729 180 100%
2000 157 0.000041535 157 100%
2001 164 0.000043811 164 100%
2002 165 0.000044138 165 100%
2003 153 0.000040239 153 100%
2004 155 0.000040566 155 100%
2005 151 0.000039273 151 100%
2006 161 0.000040696 161 100%
2007 170 0.000042525 170 100%
2008 156 0.000039688 156 100%
2009 171 0.000044762 171 100%
2010 151 0.000040858 151 100%
2011 157 0.000042922 157 100%
2012 185 0.000050583 185 100%
2013 158 0.000043339 158 100%
2014 170 0.000045867 170 100%
2015 203 0.000054851 203 100%
2016 195 0.000053152 195 100%
2017 173 0.000048375 173 100%
2018 160 0.000045508 160 100%
2019 160 0.000046097 160 100%
2020 152 0.000045501 152 100%
2021 131 0.000038666 131 100%
2022 146 0.000043155 146 100%
2023 139 0.000041979 139 100%
2024 130 0.000039057 130 100%

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