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Genaro

Masculine · “of January”

1908high 1999
#2258 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare62 boys in 2025

Genaro is January in Latin — Ianuarius, the month of Janus, the god who faces both ways.

How old is the name Genaro?

Genaro first appears in US birth records in 1908 — 117 years ago. The typical Genaro alive today was born around 1987, making them about 38 years old. About 6,100 people named Genaro are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Genaro most popular?

Genaro peaked in 1936, reaching #832 nationally. Today it ranks #2258, 1,426 places below that high. See the whole 1936 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Genaro

Janus faced forward and back at once, guarding doorways and beginnings, and his month opens the year. San Gennaro is the patron of Naples, whose blood is said to liquefy three times a year in a ceremony watched by thousands. Genaro is the Spanish form and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

of January, of Janus

From the Latin Ianuarius, 'of January', named for Janus, god of doorways and beginnings, who is shown with two faces. Italian made Gennaro and Spanish Genaro. The Latin is documented and the god's two faces well attested.

How the name formed

  1. Ianus
  2. Ianuarius
  3. Gennaro
  4. Genaro

Related forms: Gennaro · Genaro · Ianuarius

Pronouncing Genaro

heh-NAH-roh

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Italian Gennaro is jen-NAH-roh.

Nicknames for Genaro

Moderate

GenaThe front of the name, used inside families rather than generally
NaroThe back of the name, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1908–20251507501506219082025

US babies named Genaro per year from 1908 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#8321900s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1908
Most boys named
1999150 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#832reached in 1936
Change vs 2023
0.0%62 in 2025, from 62
Genaro sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1999, with 150 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Genaro in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Gennaro in Italian — spelling variant
  • Genaro in Spanish — same name
  • Ianuarius in Latin — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, North Carolina.

Genaros among us

6,100

people named Genaro are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 27,550 born in 2025 was named Genaro

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Genaro

#2258
Genaro on the 2025 chart
#846
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Genaro went to 62 boys in 2025, but Gennaro is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 82, which makes it the 846th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,412 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 20,830 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 27,550 for Genaro itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Eston test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Genaro's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Eston climbed just as high around 1900, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Eston's path sketches the road Genaro is walking now.

40%chance Genaro will feel dated by 2040
Genaro, aligned on its peakEston· peak 1900not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+70 yrsEston · #4225Genaro today
Genaro today is about where Eston stood in 1989 — 89 years past a #836-sized peak. By 2004, Eston had settled around #4407.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Genaro 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 Genaro is headed

19082030

US babies named Genaro per year, 1908 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Genaro should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady0% by 2030projected around #2,380 in 2030

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.

Genaro beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Genaro in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Genarothis name62#2258Abdallah62#2258Damion62#2258Rustin62#2258Jackie62#2258

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the month is named for a two-faced god of beginnings is a first-rate fact.
  • The Naples blood ceremony is a genuinely striking association.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • The initial consonant differs sharply between Spanish and Italian.
  • Gennaro with two n's is the Italian spelling.
  • It reads as specifically Spanish or Italian.

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Frequently asked

How many Genaros are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,100 people named Genaro are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Genaro?
Genaro is the most-used spelling in US records — 62 of the 82 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Gennaro.
How popular is the name Genaro in 2025?
Genaro ranks #2258 among US boy names in 2025, with 62 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Genaro?
About 1 in every 27,550 US boys born in 2025 was named Genaro — 62 in all.
Will my child share the name Genaro with classmates?
Genaro will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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