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How popular is “Genevieve” in the USA?

Number of people named “Genevieve” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Genevieve” 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 “Genevieve” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Genevieve” by birth year

This chart shows how “Genevieve” 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 59 0.000292827 59 100%
1881 58 0.000301005 58 100%
1882 74 0.000334036 74 100%
1883 81 0.000373365 81 100%
1884 89 0.000365562 89 100%
1885 87 0.000361215 87 100%
1886 136 0.000532673 136 100%
1887 149 0.000602283 149 100%
1888 154 0.000514235 154 100%
1889 201 0.000695632 201 100%
1890 217 0.000719971 217 100%
1891 201 0.000701147 201 100%
1892 236 0.000705797 236 100%
1893 243 0.00074718 243 100%
1894 271 0.000800142 271 100%
1895 313 0.000891687 313 100%
1896 305 0.000853185 305 100%
1897 371 0.001069297 371 100%
1898 391 0.001025023 391 100%
1899 356 0.001049423 356 100%
1900 420 0.000932799 420 100%
1901 368 0.001064162 368 100%
1902 410 0.001060163 410 100%
1903 427 0.001120147 427 100%
1904 481 0.001192114 481 100%
1905 508 0.001198334 508 100%
1906 561 0.001309368 561 100%
1907 678 0.001456843 678 100%
1908 654 0.001338384 654 100%
1909 785 0.00153553 785 100%
1910 908 0.001537131 908 100%
1911 989 0.001535052 989 100%
1912 1353 0.001369347 1353 100%
1913 1689 0.001485344 1684 5 99%
1914 2263 0.001597776 2254 9 99%
1915 2928 0.001597882 2928 100%
1916 3063 0.001583423 3063 100%
1917 3198 0.001593622 3192 6 100%
1918 3313 0.001525947 3304 9 99%
1919 3161 0.00149793 3155 6 100%
1920 3266 0.001443445 3258 8 100%
1921 3244 0.001389588 3235 9 99%
1922 2897 0.001265532 2897 100%
1923 2874 0.001248219 2869 5 100%
1924 2735 0.001148383 2725 10 99%
1925 2413 0.001034157 2404 9 99%
1926 2037 0.000887232 2031 6 99%
1927 2038 0.000878691 2032 6 99%
1928 1755 0.000776227 1746 9 99%
1929 1590 0.000725312 1583 7 99%
1930 1503 0.000676026 1497 6 99%
1931 1360 0.000646269 1360 100%
1932 1148 0.000543743 1148 100%
1933 1060 0.000530147 1055 5 99%
1934 969 0.00046658 969 100%
1935 893 0.000427293 893 100%
1936 772 0.000371587 767 5 99%
1937 692 0.00032478 692 100%
1938 686 0.000310046 686 100%
1939 623 0.000282739 623 100%
1940 616 0.000267514 616 100%
1941 623 0.000255703 618 5 98%
1942 617 0.000225857 609 8 97%
1943 603 0.000213636 603 100%
1944 490 0.000182151 490 100%
1945 443 0.000166986 443 100%
1946 476 0.000148968 476 100%
1947 411 0.000114093 411 100%
1948 443 0.000128312 443 100%
1949 414 0.000118802 414 100%
1950 387 0.000110465 387 100%
1951 354 0.000096098 354 100%
1952 337 0.000088731 337 100%
1953 319 0.000082779 319 100%
1954 295 0.000074107 295 100%
1955 300 0.000074718 300 100%
1956 276 0.000066941 276 100%
1957 338 0.000080435 338 100%
1958 314 0.000075957 314 100%
1959 254 0.000061087 254 100%
1960 274 0.000065963 274 100%
1961 319 0.00007701 319 100%
1962 277 0.000068643 277 100%
1963 290 0.000073266 290 100%
1964 276 0.000070995 276 100%
1965 238 0.000065647 238 100%
1966 219 0.00006301 219 100%
1967 200 0.000058912 200 100%
1968 196 0.000058015 196 100%
1969 257 0.00007395 257 100%
1970 308 0.000085401 308 100%
1971 329 0.000095853 329 100%
1972 327 0.000104041 327 100%
1973 295 0.000097783 295 100%
1974 316 0.000103947 316 100%
1975 334 0.000110618 334 100%
1976 400 0.000131826 400 100%
1977 399 0.00012561 399 100%
1978 458 0.000144303 458 100%
1979 469 0.000140968 469 100%
1980 510 0.000148062 510 100%
1981 507 0.000146558 507 100%
1982 527 0.00015023 527 100%
1983 488 0.000140904 483 5 98%
1984 479 0.000137298 479 100%
1985 508 0.000142332 508 100%
1986 446 0.000125384 446 100%
1987 439 0.000121755 439 100%
1988 449 0.000121514 449 100%
1989 410 0.000106647 403 7 97%
1990 501 0.000126756 501 100%
1991 421 0.00010808 421 100%
1992 456 0.000118711 456 100%
1993 432 0.00011458 432 100%
1994 432 0.000116202 432 100%
1995 462 0.000126155 462 100%
1996 460 0.000126124 460 100%
1997 420 0.000115838 420 100%
1998 471 0.000128052 471 100%
1999 511 0.000138337 511 100%
2000 523 0.000138363 523 100%
2001 582 0.000155474 582 100%
2002 737 0.000197149 737 100%
2003 787 0.000206979 787 100%
2004 754 0.000197335 754 100%
2005 795 0.00020677 795 100%
2006 888 0.000224458 888 100%
2007 963 0.00024089 963 100%
2008 1041 0.000264841 1041 100%
2009 1155 0.000302342 1155 100%
2010 1196 0.000323616 1196 100%
2011 1365 0.000373176 1365 100%
2012 1390 0.000380055 1390 100%
2013 1465 0.000401847 1465 100%
2014 1609 0.000434117 1609 100%
2015 1778 0.000480422 1778 100%
2016 1739 0.00047401 1733 6 99%
2017 1666 0.000465858 1666 100%
2018 1711 0.000486647 1711 100%
2019 1722 0.00049612 1722 100%
2020 1709 0.000511588 1709 100%
2021 1840 0.000543101 1840 100%
2022 1746 0.000516089 1746 100%
2023 1750 0.00052851 1750 100%
2024 1835 0.000551299 1835 100%

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