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Genaro vs Geneviene

American parents have registered 7,669 Genaros since 1880, against 76 Genevienes. Genaro is still ahead, with 62 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Genaro against Geneviene, 1880 to 2025 0 40 80 120 160 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Genaro Geneviene

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 117 years in which either name was published, Genaro for 116 years and Geneviene for 1 year. The lead changed hands 2 times.

Side by side

  Genaro Geneviene
Total US births 7,66976
Most in one year 1529
Babies in 2025 625
Estimated living today 6,1006
Median age today 320
Peak year 20001926
Best rank 977th boys3,269th girls
Rank in 2025 2,258th14,942nd
First recorded 19081913
Girls / boys 0 / 7,66976 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Genaros alive today are over 32; half the Genevienes have not had a first birthday. That is 32 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Genaro and Geneviene.