Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Geneva

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Of the race of women.
English
Place name for a historic city in southwestern Switzerland

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Exotic
  • Place

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Geneva

Pronunciation

ge-ne-va

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1926 (rank #1981, 16 births); most recent 1968 (rank #4129, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1924 (rank #110, 2,582 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1652, 125 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–125
2024–130
2023–139
2022–146
2021–131
2020–152
2019–160
2018–160
2017–173
2016–195

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #1434, 12 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5925, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20253
2024–
20234
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #492, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence