Genaro
Genaro was given to 62 boys in 2025, #2,268 among boys’ names; 7,669 Americans have been recorded with it since 1908 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,030 Americans named Genaro and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 21 and 49.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Genaro by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Genaro mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Genaro is “a male given name” Its etymology gives the sense “devoted to Janus” (Januarius).
From Latin Januarius (“devoted to Janus”). Doublet of enero.
/xeˈnaɾo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Genaro?
#2,268 among boys’ names, 2025
Genaro fell from #2,138 in 2015 to #2,268 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 33.9 to 36.3 per million.
152 babies in 2000, the peak
Genaro peaked in 2000, when 152 boys were given it, #979 among boys’ names. The 62 births of 2025 are 41% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,268 | 36.3 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,431 | 33.1 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,279 | 36.2 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,252 | 36.7 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,137 | 38.3 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,478 | 30.1 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,562 | 28.4 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,362 | 30.8 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,283 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,243 | 31.6 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 65 | #2,138 | 33.9 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,281 | 30.2 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,098 | 33.8 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,142 | 33.2 |
| 2011 | 71 | #1,951 | 37.4 |
| 2010 | 85 | #1,762 | 44.3 |
| 2009 | 88 | #1,745 | 44.4 |
| 2008 | 130 | #1,329 | 63.7 |
| 2007 | 118 | #1,388 | 56.9 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,325 | 60.3 |
| 2005 | 137 | #1,163 | 68.6 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,257 | 60.5 |
| 2003 | 134 | #1,130 | 67.8 |
| 2002 | 130 | #1,115 | 67.0 |
| 2001 | 141 | #1,043 | 72.6 |
| 2000 | 152 | #979 | 77.4 |
| 1999 | 150 | #959 | 78.1 |
| 1998 | 140 | #979 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,030 | 65.8 |
| 1996 | 123 | #1,010 | 64.9 |
| 1995 | 148 | #905 | 77.7 |
| 1994 | 128 | #973 | 66.3 |
| 1993 | 119 | #998 | 60.7 |
| 1992 | 112 | #1,030 | 56.1 |
| 1991 | 110 | #1,026 | 54.4 |
| 1990 | 113 | #988 | 55.0 |
| 1989 | 93 | #1,092 | 46.5 |
| 1988 | 99 | #971 | 51.7 |
| 1987 | 93 | #983 | 49.8 |
| 1986 | 91 | #960 | 49.4 |
| 1985 | 73 | #1,083 | 39.5 |
| 1984 | 90 | #926 | 49.9 |
| 1983 | 100 | #878 | 55.8 |
| 1982 | 91 | #942 | 50.2 |
| 1981 | 99 | #896 | 55.3 |
| 1980 | 95 | #912 | 53.3 |
| 1979 | 84 | #969 | 48.8 |
| 1978 | 70 | #1,045 | 42.6 |
| 1977 | 84 | #929 | 51.1 |
| 1976 | 82 | #923 | 52.3 |
| 1975 | 93 | #863 | 59.6 |
| 1974 | 80 | #907 | 50.9 |
| 1973 | 72 | #952 | 46.2 |
| 1972 | 80 | #896 | 49.3 |
| 1971 | 56 | #1,092 | 31.7 |
| 1970 | 68 | #985 | 36.6 |
| 1969 | 67 | #935 | 37.5 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,073 | 27.6 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,155 | 24.1 |
| 1966 | 51 | #1,021 | 28.6 |
| 1965 | 63 | #932 | 33.9 |
| 1964 | 56 | #1,009 | 28.1 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,288 | 18.2 |
| 1962 | 54 | #1,040 | 26.1 |
| 1961 | 65 | #954 | 30.6 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,122 | 23.0 |
| 1959 | 62 | #978 | 29.0 |
| 1958 | 64 | #952 | 30.2 |
| 1957 | 64 | #947 | 29.7 |
| 1956 | 57 | #993 | 26.9 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,054 | 24.8 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,071 | 24.0 |
| 1953 | 54 | #983 | 27.4 |
| 1952 | 56 | #956 | 28.8 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,087 | 23.4 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,297 | 17.3 |
| 1949 | 48 | #1,009 | 27.1 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,085 | 24.5 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,139 | 22.4 |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,064 | 25.9 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,170 | 23.8 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,060 | 28.6 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,228 | 22.4 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,110 | 27.5 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,197 | 25.2 |
| 1940 | 44 | #972 | 38.0 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,128 | 29.8 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,116 | 30.7 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,131 | 31.9 |
| 1936 | 53 | #840 | 51.1 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,109 | 33.6 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,136 | 32.9 |
| 1933 | 47 | #911 | 47.4 |
| 1932 | 49 | #930 | 46.9 |
| 1931 | 55 | #865 | 52.9 |
| 1930 | 47 | #995 | 42.8 |
| 1929 | 49 | #967 | 45.6 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,009 | 42.4 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,067 | 39.0 |
| 1926 | 46 | #1,022 | 41.4 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,029 | 40.3 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,077 | 38.8 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,183 | 33.8 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,208 | 33.1 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,274 | 30.0 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,780 | 18.8 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,364 | 28.6 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,357 | 27.6 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,721 | 20.5 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,084 | 15.7 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,819 | 18.9 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,200 | 36.7 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,351 | 13.7 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,794 | 20.9 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,836 | 22.1 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,146 | 46.3 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,465 | 32.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Genaro a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Genaro has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 117 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Genaro: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Genaro, and how old are they?
6,030 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 7,669 Americans ever recorded as Genaro. The median Genaro alive today is 32 years old; half are between 21 and 49.
The 2020 Census counted 12,476 people named Genaro (28 women and girls, 12,448 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,955 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 129 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 647 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,010 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,870 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 770 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Genaro born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 20 | #1,112 | 4.6× |
| California | 17 | #1,167 | 2.4× |
Where Genaro is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Genaro is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 4.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Genaro with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 10,211 babies since 1880, Genaro is the most given (75% of them). In 2025 it was given to 62 of their 82 babies (76%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Genaro
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Genaro and names like it
- Compare Genaro and GennaroBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sGenaro peaked in 2000.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Genaro since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Genaro: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2000The year the most babies were named Genaro.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Genaro alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.