girl's name

Jenevieve

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,870

Jenevieve is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 74 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2023, when 89 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 44,803 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.

Jenevieve over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Jenevieve by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 39
1920s 50
1930s 16
1950s 5
1970s 75
1980s 127
1990s 135
2000s 295
2010s 644
2020s (to 2025) 457

How popular is Jenevieve?

In 2025, Jenevieve was given to 74 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Jenevieve is used

United States #2,424 74 in 2025
Canada #3,557 5 in 2009
England & Wales #6,744 3 in 2021

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jenevieve

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jenevieve also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jenevieve over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jenevieve

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jenevieve — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jenevieve

How popular is the name Jenevieve?

In 2025, Jenevieve was given to 74 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Jenevieve a girl's or a boy's name?

Jenevieve is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Jenevieve most popular?

Jenevieve peaked in 2023, when 89 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Jenevieve a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jenevieve currently ranks #2,424 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.