How Many People Are Named Gennaro?
people named Gennaro are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 232,033 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,542 babies named Gennaro in Social Security records from 1904 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
42 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian form of JANUARIUS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gennaro in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gennaro alive today is about 40 years old, and 38% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gennaro first appears in the records in 1904 and was given most often in 1926, to 42 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gennaro has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #905, in 1913. In 2025 it ranked #4,914.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,914 |
| Best rank | #905 (1913) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,231 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gennaro alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gennaro were born in New York than in any other state: about 491 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gennaro was given 9.6 times as often in New York and 2.9 times in New Jersey.
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