Gennaro

#4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births

Peak · boys
1913 · 30 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,542
since 1904

Gennaro over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gennaro has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #897, 1913boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,85720
2024#4,57122
2023#4,34324
2022#3,10039
2021#4,24724
2020#4,85519
2019#4,95119
2018#5,54016
2017#5,29717
2016#4,32723
2015#5,50716
2014#6,30713
2013#5,40416
2012#4,68620
2011#7,50210
2010#5,74115
2009#4,92219
2008#4,54021
2007#4,64020
2006#4,22322
2005#4,63118
2004#4,79317
2003#5,27114
2002#4,04420
2001#3,84221
2000#5,29713
1999#4,76214
1998#3,09225
1997#3,87717
1996#3,67818
1995#3,02023
1994#4,80312
1993#3,66117
1992#3,60417
1991#3,32518
1990#2,43228
1989#2,98920
1988#2,86019
1987#3,73112
1986#3,65312
1985#2,59819
1984#3,10714
1983#2,20823
1982#2,83116
1981#2,20423
1980#2,72917
1979#2,66917
1978#2,66916
1977#2,06323
1976#1,93225
1975#2,20520
1974#1,93423
1973#1,87123
1972#1,81924
1971#1,86223
1970#1,84723
1969#1,68024
1968#1,42830
1967#1,65222
1966#1,65022
1965#1,98716
1964#1,61524
1963#1,74421
1962#1,75721
1961#1,68623
1960#1,69223
1959#2,41412
1958#1,64423
1957#1,83719
1956#2,49711
1955#1,84518
1954#1,88717
1953#1,63022
1952#1,46127
1951#1,90416
1950#1,74618
1949#1,66720
1948#1,81717
1947#1,91616
1946#1,40925
1945#1,44521
1944#1,63018
1943#1,52921
1942#1,31628
1941#1,33325
1940#1,36824
1939#1,45821
1938#1,47621
1937#1,62718
1936#1,72316
1935#1,24729
1934#1,42523
1933#1,36124
1932#1,50922
1931#1,28229
1930#1,19035
1929#1,19534
1928#1,41327
1927#1,17837
1926#1,09242
1925#1,67921
1924#1,28732
1923#1,21335
1922#1,18137
1921#1,17837
1920#1,18037
1919#1,38627
1918#1,25631
1917#1,03340
1916#1,41524
1915#1,26527
1914#1,01930
1913#89730
1912#1,02320
1911#98212
1910#1,1189
1909
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1906
1905#1,2335
1904#9667
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First appearance
1904

The first year at least five boys were named Gennaro! It came in at #966, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1905–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Gennaro
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 286 spots since 2024 (#4,571#4,857)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#4,855#4,857)
  • 650 spots since 2015 (#5,507#4,857)
  • Biggest jump: 136 spots in 1911 (#1,118#982)
  • Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1905 (#966#1,233)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1904
  • Peaked 1913 at #897 (30 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 43 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1904–1913
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,086
  • Highest: 1 in 17,086 boys born in 1913 were named Gennaro (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.3% of all boys named Gennaro (339) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s12#966 (1904)#1,100
1910s250#897 (1913)#1,139
1920s339#1,092 (1926)#1,260
1930s238#1,190 (1930)#1,430
1940s215#1,316 (1942)#1,543
1950s183#1,461 (1952)#1,887
1960s226#1,428 (1968)#1,689
1970s217#1,819 (1972)#2,087
1980s175#2,204 (1981)#2,891
1990s189#2,432 (1990)#3,625
2000s185#3,842 (2001)#4,620
2010s165#4,327 (2016)#5,526
2020s148#3,100 (2022)#4,329

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Gennaro in 1904

boys
#966
7 births · 1 in 18,303 boys

Top boys' names in 1904

  1. #1John8,108
  2. #2William6,416
  3. #3James5,855
  4. #4George4,219
  5. #5Robert3,414
  6. #6Charles3,406
  7. #7Joseph3,291
  8. #8Frank2,799
  9. #9Edward2,335
  10. #10Henry2,085
  11. #966Gennaro7
More about 1904

boys

128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 18,303 of them was named Gennaro, which outranked 30.8% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gennaro
  1. #874Westley8
  2. #874Weston8
  3. #874Wylie8
  4. #966Gennaro7
  5. #966Alma7
  6. #966Alonza7
  7. #966Alpheus7
  8. #1,064Adrien6
  9. #1,064Allison6
  10. #1,064Alto6

Tied with 97 names at #966; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. 615Adelbert#1,130#515
  2. 592Hunter#1,130#538
  3. 564Mac#1,130#566
  4. 564Manley#1,130#566
  5. 483Hezekiah#1,130#647
Fallers
  1. 629Bessie#576#1,205
  2. 629Reynold#576#1,205
  3. 610Nat#595#1,205
  4. 586Minnie#619#1,205
  5. 586Ludwig#619#1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1904