Gennaro comes from the Italian tradition, meaning January.
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How popular is Gennaro?
1926peak year
The name Gennaro reached its peak in 1926, with 42 registrations (ranked #1100). It first surfaced in U.S. records in 1904, roughly 22 years before its peak. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #4725) today, averaging about 22 new babies per year. Gennaro has been trending upward in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 2,521 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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