Genevieve

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Genevieve: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Genevieve: Recorded since 1964, it reached #235 in 1977, and it stood at #483 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
91times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#235highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#448
1997	#445
1998	#459
1999	#424
2000	#427
2001	#475
2002	#428
2003	#441
2004	#439
2005	#499
2006	#484
2007	#512
2008	#455
2009	#460
2010	#455
2011	#509
2012	#397
2013	#450
2014	#448
2015	#423
2016	#427
2017	#486
2018	#472
2019	#458
2020	#494
2021	#476
2022	#541
2023	#510
2024	#583

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 56 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #476 among girls in Scotland, #583 among girls in England and Wales, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #257 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #235 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1977 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Genevieve appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 56 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 476 births with the name.

Genevieve across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Genevieve's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#257 (1964)	#235 (1977)	#483 (2025)	56 of 62	476 (1964–2025)	18 (1977)
England and Wales · Girls	#448 (1996)	#397 (2012)	#583 (2024)	29 of 29	2,393 (1996–2024)	117 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (2007)	#330 (2012)	#407 (2024)	5 of 18	19 (2007–2024)	5 (2012)

Genevieve by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Genevieve in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	33	6 of 10	6
1970sbusiest	140	10 of 10	14
1980s	84	9 of 10	9
1990s	60	9 of 10	7
2000s	65	8 of 10	8
2010s	65	9 of 10	7
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Genevieve appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #235 in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Genevieve's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#583	67	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#510	77	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#541	72	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#476	89	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#494	82	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#458	92	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#472	91	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#486	90	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#427	104	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#423	104	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#448	97	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#450	93	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#397	117	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#509	83	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#455	91	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#460	91	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#455	92	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#512	73	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#484	79	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#499	70	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#439	81	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#441	78	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#428	75	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#475	64	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#427	73	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#424	72	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#459	64	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#445	66	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#448	66	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#628	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#568	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#524	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	12	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	9	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	10	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	10	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	10	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	15	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	15	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	18	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	16	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	15	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	14	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	13	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	14	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	14	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	6	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #235, first reached in 1977.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 117 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Matthias · #232, 60y
Sami · #239, 58y
Jamal · #220, 62y
Miguel · #252, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ciaron · #235, 19y
Bernice · #236, 58y
Delia · #234, 50y
Derval · #236, 23y

Genevieve was ranked #235 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1977. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Genevieve and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Genevieve without appearing here.

Genevieve moved ahead of

Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #907 and #768 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #373 and #876.
Barbara Compare
In 2020 they stood at #628 and #495 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #464 and #883.
Judith Compare
In 2020 they stood at #871 and #551 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #464 and #883.
Audrey Compare
In 2024 they stood at #898 and #898 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #483 and #885.

Moved ahead of Genevieve

Rosie Compare
In 2000 they stood at #294 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #606 and #238.
Brooke Compare
In 2000 they stood at #313 and #529 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #606 and #254.
Freya Compare
In 2000 they stood at #294 and #355 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #606 and #278.
Amelia Compare
In 2000 they stood at #294 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #606 and #302.

Moved the opposite way to Genevieve

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Genevieve went from #257 to #483 while Ada went from #372 to #45.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Genevieve went from #257 to #483 while Amelia went from #300 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Genevieve went from #257 to #483 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Genevieve went from #257 to #483 while Aoife went from #206 to #34.

Moved the same way as Genevieve

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Genevieve went from #257 to #483 and Alison from #146 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Genevieve went from #257 to #483 and Amanda from #118 to #608.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Genevieve went from #257 to #483 and Angela from #24 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Genevieve went from #257 to #483 and Ann from #4 to #443.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #235 in Republic of Ireland in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Genevieve

Genevieve at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Genevieve across 3 official records

Genevieve by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Genevieve appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Genevieve moved ahead of

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Genevieve at a glance

Genevieve across 3 official records

Genevieve by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Genevieve appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Genevieve

Genevieve and the names beside it

Genevieve moved ahead of

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