Generoso — boys' name
64 babies named Generoso in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Generoso was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Generoso in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Generoso
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Generoso between 1914 and 1972, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Generoso currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Generoso performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Generoso shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Generoso in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 64 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Generoso at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Generoso popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1914
- Peak year (1927)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
64 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 8 births in a single year.
Generoso by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 24 births that decade — 38% of Generoso's all-time total
Generoso decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Generoso's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.