Gennaro Boy
How popular is Gennaro?
#4,856 boy name in 2025
20 baby boys were named Gennaro in the US in 2025, making it the 4856th most popular boy name.
Gennaro popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,856 for boys (▼ 289 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 20 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,503 in 2015, #4,851 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1926 (42 boys) |
| Highest rank | #897 in 1913 |
| First recorded | 1904 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gennaro counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Genaro family of names ranked #1,620 for boys in 2025 (#1,652 the year before), with 82 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Genaro | 62 | 76% |
| Gennaro | 20 | 24% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gennaro is most popular
Babies named Gennaro per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Gennaro by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #966 |
| 1910s | 250 | #897 |
| 1920s | 339 | #1,092 |
| 1930s | 238 | #1,190 |
| 1940s | 215 | #1,316 |
| 1950s | 183 | #1,460 |
| 1960s | 226 | #1,427 |
| 1970s | 217 | #1,819 |
| 1980s | 175 | #2,203 |
| 1990s | 189 | #2,427 |
| 2000s | 185 | #3,837 |
| 2010s | 165 | #4,326 |
| 2020s | 148 | #3,098 |
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Questions
- Is Gennaro a boy or girl name?
- Gennaro is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gennaro were boys.
- How popular is the name Gennaro?
- 20 baby boys were named Gennaro in the US in 2025, making it the 4856th most popular boy name.
- When was Gennaro most popular?
- Gennaro peaked in 1926, when 42 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #897 in 1913.
- How many people are named Gennaro?
- 2,542 babies have been named Gennaro in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,496 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 41.
- Where is Gennaro most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gennaro was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.