Geneva

Boy · recorded 1912–1968

  • 1968last recorded
  • 1917best year

Most popular in 1917.

Last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Geneva.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1912

081619121926194019541968

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 35 recorded years as a table
Geneva, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191212
191314
191513
191612
191716
19189
19199
192014
19217
192211
19238
19247
19259
192614
19275
192812
192912
19308
19319
19326
19339
193412
19365
19378
19388
19395
19408
19415
19426
19446
19454
19473
19493
19653
19683

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Geneva isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1968
5
Rank in 1968
#4,136
How rare
1 in 347,594 boys
Since 1912
309

Geneva was last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1917, at 16 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Geneva doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.