Jenevieve
Feminine
Jenevieve respells Genevieve, and Saint Geneviève is said to have talked Paris out of fleeing when Attila approached.
How old is the name Jenevieve?
Jenevieve first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Jenevieve is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,700 people named Jenevieve are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jenevieve most popular?
Jenevieve peaked in 2019, reaching #2128 nationally. Today it ranks #2410, 282 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
Where it comes from
From Genovefa to Jenevieve
The story of Jenevieve
Geneviève persuaded the Parisians not to abandon the city when Attila's Huns approached in 451, and he turned aside toward Orléans; she became the patron of Paris. Her name's meaning has not survived. Jenevieve is a modern American respelling and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
The Frankish Genovefa's meaning is genuinely unrecovered. Proposals include a Germanic geno, 'race' or 'kin', with wefa, 'woman', and a Celtic origin. Neither is established. The saint is documented; her name's meaning is not.
How the name formed
- Genovefa
- Geneviève
- Jenevieve
Related forms: Geneviève · Genevieve
Pronouncing Jenevieve
JEN-uh-veev
Three syllables, stress on the first. French Geneviève is zhun-vee-EV.
Nicknames for Jenevieve
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1914
- Most girls named
- 201988 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2128reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- +2.8%74 in 2025, from 72
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jenevieve in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Geneviève in French — spelling variant
- Genevieve in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Jenevieves among us
people named Jenevieve are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 21,720 born in 2025 was named Jenevieve
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Araseli test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jenevieve's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Araseli climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Araseli's path sketches the road Jenevieve is walking now.
Jenevieve sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jenevieve is headed
Jenevieve should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jenevieve beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jenevieve in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That she talked Paris out of fleeing Attila is a first-rate story.
- Jenny and Vivi are two short forms, both with real use.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- The meaning is genuinely unrecovered.
- Genevieve is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
- French and English say it entirely differently.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jenevieves are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Jenevieve are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jenevieve in 2025?
- Jenevieve ranks #2410 among US girl names in 2025, with 74 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jenevieve?
- About 1 in every 21,720 US girls born in 2025 was named Jenevieve — 74 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jenevieve with classmates?
- Jenevieve will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jenevieve
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