Genaro
Boy · heh-NAH-roh · Latin
Genaro is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of January”. In 2025 it ranked 2,258th for boys in the US (62 babies).
What does Genaro mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Januarius, via Italian Gennaro
“of January”
Saint Januarius (San Gennaro), a bishop martyred around 305, is the patron saint of Naples.
- Say it
- heh-NAH-roh
Is Genaro a girl's or a boy's name?
Genaro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 62 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Genaro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,258among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 62about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were named Genaro, making it the 2,258th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,466th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 152 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the boys named Genaro in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71 boys in the US were given Genaro or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,804, up from #2,258 for this spelling alone.
- Genaro 62
- Jenaro 9
Genaro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,258 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,133 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,466 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,555 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,354 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,269 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,132 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,089 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,131 |
| 2011 | 71 | #1,946 |
| 2010 | 85 | #1,759 |
| 2009 | 88 | #1,741 |
| 2008 | 130 | #1,329 |
| 2007 | 118 | #1,387 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,322 |
| 2005 | 137 | #1,161 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,249 |
| 2003 | 134 | #1,130 |
| 2002 | 130 | #1,114 |
| 2001 | 141 | #1,041 |
| 2000 | 152 | #975 |
| 1999 | 150 | #959 |
| 1998 | 140 | #978 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 123 | #1,009 |
| 1995 | 148 | #900 |
| 1994 | 128 | #972 |
| 1993 | 119 | #996 |
| 1992 | 112 | #1,030 |
| 1991 | 110 | #1,024 |
| 1990 | 113 | #988 |
| 1989 | 93 | #1,090 |
| 1988 | 99 | #969 |
| 1987 | 93 | #981 |
| 1986 | 91 | #957 |
| 1985 | 73 | #1,082 |
| 1984 | 90 | #925 |
| 1983 | 100 | #878 |
| 1982 | 91 | #941 |
| 1981 | 99 | #894 |
| 1980 | 95 | #911 |
| 1979 | 84 | #965 |
| 1978 | 70 | #1,040 |
| 1977 | 84 | #928 |
| 1976 | 82 | #921 |
| 1975 | 93 | #861 |
| 1974 | 80 | #903 |
| 1973 | 72 | #948 |
| 1972 | 80 | #894 |
| 1971 | 56 | #1,091 |
| 1970 | 68 | #979 |
| 1969 | 67 | #931 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,068 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1966 | 51 | #1,016 |
| 1965 | 63 | #929 |
| 1964 | 56 | #1,006 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 54 | #1,037 |
| 1961 | 65 | #949 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1959 | 62 | #974 |
| 1958 | 64 | #949 |
| 1957 | 64 | #943 |
| 1956 | 57 | #985 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,053 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,067 |
| 1953 | 54 | #974 |
| 1952 | 56 | #952 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,082 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,288 |
| 1949 | 48 | #1,007 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,078 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,135 |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,059 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,055 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,214 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,110 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,187 |
| 1940 | 44 | #967 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,120 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,109 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,119 |
| 1936 | 53 | #832 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,098 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,133 |
| 1933 | 47 | #905 |
| 1932 | 49 | #924 |
| 1931 | 55 | #858 |
| 1930 | 47 | #990 |
| 1929 | 49 | #960 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,003 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,060 |
| 1926 | 46 | #1,018 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,022 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,071 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,177 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,351 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,342 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
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