Genevra

Girls' name

Variant of Ginevra

Genevra has been given to 307 babies in the U.S. since 1882. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 20 recorded.

Babies named Genevra, 2004

1 in 764,000

Genevra over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Genevra: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Ginevra

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Genevra means

Genevra is a variant of Ginevra.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Genevra is used in Various (Rare).

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Genevra → Ginevra → Ginevra. The family’s meaning is “Genevan”, recorded in Italian with the source elements Ginevra.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ginevra.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 307 girls were recorded with the name Genevra between 1882 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1921; its best national rank was #958 in 1882.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Genevra?

Genevra had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2004, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2004: 1 in 764,000; 5 of 3,820,181 births
Among girls only: 1 in 367,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2004: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 529,591 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Genevra sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2004 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 529,591 children born in 2004 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Genevra. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Genevras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Genevra was born before 1926 — so the typical Genevra is around 99 today.

Median birth year: 1926; About 99 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 28.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 5.2%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 93; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 28.3% of all recorded uses (87).

Is Genevra rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (20)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #958; 1882

Spellings of Genevra

Genevra is not the most common spelling — Geneva is, with 93.2% against Genevra's 0.32%.

Geneva93.2%88,758
Genevie2.1%2,003
Genevia1.5%1,383
Jeneva1.1%1,073
Genea0.63%600
Genora0.61%578
Genetta0.60%568
Genevra0.32%307

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Genevra around the world

Where Genevra ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1978–2001
#711
in 2001

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Genevra by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #958; 1882
Peak year: 1921; 20 that year
First recorded: 1882
Last recorded: 2004
All-time count: 307
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Genevra

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Genecis Genesys Genessa Genova Genisis Ginevra Genesee Geneive Genever Gentri Genella Genae Genifer Gennell Genieve Genysis Genetta Genevie Genovia Genette Genavie Geniyah Genevive Geneieve

Sibling names for Genevra

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Elvera Rubie Tressie Lavinia Myrtis Margarette Adell Idella

For a brother

Hardy Antone Harmon Arlie Burl Dewitt Patsy Milford

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