Gennaro
Gennaro was given to 20 boys in 2025, #4,914 among boys’ names; 2,542 Americans have been recorded with it since 1904 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,460 Americans named Gennaro and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (57% of everyone recorded); the median is 40 years old and half are between 19 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gennaro by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gennaro mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Gennaro is “a male given name from Latin, typical of Naples”
Borrowed from Neapolitan Gennaro, from Latin Iānuārius. Cognate with Sicilian Jinnaru.
/d͡ʒenˈna.ro/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gennaro?
#4,914 among boys’ names, 2025
Gennaro rose from #5,583 in 2015 to #4,914 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 8.3 to 11.7 per million.
42 babies in 1926, the peak
Gennaro peaked in 1926, when 42 boys were given it, #1,100 among boys’ names. The 20 births of 2025 are 48% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,914 | 11.7 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,607 | 12.8 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,378 | 14.0 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,116 | 22.3 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,285 | 13.7 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,910 | 11.0 |
| 2019 | 19 | #5,020 | 10.6 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,614 | 8.8 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,355 | 9.2 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,371 | 12.1 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | #5,583 | 8.3 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,415 | 6.8 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,470 | 8.5 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,750 | 10.5 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,677 | 5.3 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,830 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,991 | 9.6 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,590 | 10.3 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,691 | 9.6 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,274 | 10.7 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,691 | 9.0 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,855 | 8.6 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,355 | 7.1 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,081 | 10.3 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,882 | 10.8 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,374 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,850 | 7.3 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,132 | 13.1 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,932 | 9.0 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,727 | 9.5 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,046 | 12.1 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,891 | 6.2 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,708 | 8.7 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,656 | 8.5 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,367 | 8.9 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,452 | 13.6 |
| 1989 | 20 | #3,014 | 10.0 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,886 | 9.9 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,806 | 6.4 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,709 | 6.5 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,634 | 10.3 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,155 | 7.8 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,234 | 12.8 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,888 | 8.8 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,226 | 12.8 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,764 | 9.5 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,702 | 9.9 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,714 | 9.7 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,090 | 14.0 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,953 | 15.9 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,241 | 12.8 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,946 | 14.6 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,897 | 14.8 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,841 | 14.8 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,883 | 13.0 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,865 | 12.4 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,699 | 13.4 |
| 1968 | 30 | #1,440 | 17.3 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,678 | 12.6 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,667 | 12.3 |
| 1965 | 16 | #2,020 | 8.6 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,627 | 12.0 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,757 | 10.3 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,776 | 10.2 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,708 | 10.8 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,711 | 10.8 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,462 | 5.6 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,656 | 10.8 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,855 | 8.8 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,547 | 5.2 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,867 | 8.7 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,917 | 8.3 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,648 | 11.2 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,472 | 13.9 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,932 | 8.5 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,769 | 10.1 |
| 1949 | 20 | #1,680 | 11.3 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,844 | 9.7 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,946 | 8.7 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,418 | 15.4 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,463 | 15.6 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,650 | 13.2 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,548 | 14.7 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,322 | 20.3 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,347 | 20.4 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,380 | 20.7 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,471 | 19.0 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,496 | 18.9 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,656 | 16.9 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,749 | 15.4 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,259 | 27.8 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,439 | 22.3 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,376 | 24.2 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,526 | 21.1 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,295 | 27.9 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,202 | 31.9 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,203 | 31.6 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,429 | 24.4 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,185 | 32.8 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,100 | 37.8 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,700 | 18.8 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,304 | 28.3 |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,222 | 31.9 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,186 | 34.0 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,184 | 33.6 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,190 | 34.8 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,396 | 27.5 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,268 | 30.6 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,047 | 43.2 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,430 | 27.0 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,280 | 31.8 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,032 | 45.8 |
| 1913 | 30 | #905 | 58.5 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,042 | 46.5 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,004 | 53.1 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,147 | 46.3 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,306 | 37.8 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,004 | 54.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gennaro a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gennaro has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 118 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Gennaro: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gennaro, and how old are they?
1,460 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 57% of the 2,542 Americans ever recorded as Gennaro. The median Gennaro alive today is 40 years old; half are between 19 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 2,007 people named Gennaro (7 women and girls, 2,000 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,437 born in the U.S. The Census count is 40% above 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 | 78 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 247 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 307 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 276 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 281 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 266 |
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 Gennaro born?
The states with the most babies named Gennaro are New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with 93% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey and Connecticut are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,053 | #1,471 | 5.1× |
| New Jersey | 104 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Connecticut | 36 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 30 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 30 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Rhode Island | 18 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 6 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Florida | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Gennaro is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gennaro is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 5.1 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 Gennaro 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, Gennaro is the second most given (25% of them). In 2025 it was given to 20 of their 82 babies (24%), again the second 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 Gennaro
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 Gennaro and names like it
- Compare Gennaro and GenaroBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sGennaro peaked in 1926.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gennaro since 1910.
- The top names of 1926The year the most babies were named Gennaro.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Gennaro alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with GMost given first.