How rare is the name Genaro?

12,476 people in the United States have the first name Genaro, about 1 in 24,209. It ranks #2,140 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GENARO

#2,140

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,476
About
1 in 24,209
This common or more
78.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,476 people named Genaro, 93.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.6% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Genaro peaked in 2000, when 152 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19082025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
152
In 2025*
62 ▼59%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,669 babies have been given the name since 1908. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Genaro by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,000. The largest share of babies named Genaro, 24.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#3,105159
1920s#2,237401
1930s#2,000421
1940s#2,355390
1950s#2,327532
1960s#2,507532
1970s#2,269769
1980s#2,284924
1990s#2,2971,267
2000s#2,8111,274
2010s#4,793631
2020s#4,908364
Greatest Generation 1901–276.1%
Silent Generation 1928–459.6%
Baby boom 1946–6412.6%
Generation X 1965–8014.8%
Millennials 1981–9621.9%
Generation Z 1997–1224.9%
2013 and later10.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Genaro is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Genaro has been most common in Texas (6.5×), California (3.6×), and Arizona (1.7×), and least common in Florida (0.29×).

5,557 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Genaro

#2,138 Destinee · 12,483#2,139 Liberty · 12,481#2,141 Antony · 12,470#2,142 Myla · 12,455

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Genaro, most common first.

#7,560 Gennaro · 2,007#17,356 Genara · 637#40,470 Genero · 184

Also a last name

As a last name, Genaro ranks #50,348 of 156,621, with 449 people. See Genaro as a last name

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