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Jenaro

Boy · heh-NAH-roh · Latin

Jenaro is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of Janus, January”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).

What does Jenaro mean?

Latin: Spanish form of Januarius

“of Janus, January”

A Spanish form of Januarius; St Januarius, San Gennaro in Italian, is the patron saint of Naples.

Say it
heh-NAH-roh

Is Jenaro a girl's or a boy's name?

Jenaro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jenaro in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,239among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 190,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Jenaro, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1991, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.

Half of all the boys named Jenaro in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 71 boys in the US were given Jenaro or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,804, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.

1919Busiest: 17 in 19912025
Jenaro in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#8,239
20246#10,930
20239#8,250
20227#9,815
20219#8,161
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20166#10,739
20159#8,035
20147#9,636
201311#7,021
20128#8,858
20115#12,280
20108#8,797
20096#10,989
20089#8,319
20078#8,909
200612#6,455
200513#5,869
200410#6,970
200313#5,551
200210#6,515
200111#6,006
200014#5,034
19999#6,524
199813#4,868
199710#5,636
19967#7,129
199511#5,118
19946#7,764
19939#5,764
19926#7,414
199117#3,456
199011#4,667
19899#5,158
19887#5,745
198716#3,068
198613#3,437
19850–
19846#5,557
198311#3,629
198212#3,481
19819#4,151
198015#2,964
19798#4,401
197810#3,613
19777#4,580
197610#3,469
197514#2,749
19749#3,556
197310#3,221
197213#2,658
19716#4,373
19709#3,280
19690–
19688#3,106
19679#2,759
19660–
19650–
19645#4,038
19630–
19627#3,303
19617#3,354
196011#2,533
195913#2,294
19588#3,031
19578#3,022
19560–
19550–
19549#2,742
19535#3,796
195211#2,374
19515#3,712
19500–
19490–
19480–
19477#3,095
19460–
19450–
19448#2,632
19430–
19420–
19410–
19405#3,458
19390–
19387#2,868
19370–
19360–
19350–
19347#2,972
19330–
19325#3,774
19310–
19306#3,590
192911#2,451
19285#4,149
19276#3,778
19266#3,706
19250–
19246#3,865
19230–
19220–
19210–
19200–
19196#3,735

Names like Jenaro

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