Geno
- #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 35 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,725since 1912
Geno over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Geno has never cracked the top 900 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,718 | 47 |
| 2024 | #2,750 | 47 |
| 2023 | #2,097 | 70 |
| 2022 | #2,325 | 61 |
| 2021 | #2,225 | 63 |
| 2020 | #2,467 | 52 |
| 2019 | #3,143 | 37 |
| 2018 | #2,579 | 49 |
| 2017 | #2,319 | 56 |
| 2016 | #2,437 | 52 |
| 2015 | #2,386 | 54 |
| 2014 | #2,277 | 58 |
| 2013 | #2,402 | 52 |
| 2012 | #2,551 | 48 |
| 2011 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | #2,682 | 45 |
| 2009 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2008 | #2,632 | 47 |
| 2007 | #2,765 | 43 |
| 2006 | #2,398 | 51 |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 36 |
| 2004 | #2,788 | 37 |
| 2003 | #2,269 | 47 |
| 2002 | #2,817 | 33 |
| 2001 | #2,489 | 39 |
| 2000 | #2,136 | 47 |
| 1999 | #2,199 | 42 |
| 1998 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1997 | #2,060 | 43 |
| 1996 | #2,254 | 36 |
| 1995 | #1,782 | 49 |
| 1994 | #1,734 | 51 |
| 1993 | #1,662 | 53 |
| 1992 | #1,697 | 50 |
| 1991 | #1,867 | 42 |
| 1990 | #1,755 | 45 |
| 1989 | #2,068 | 34 |
| 1988 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | #1,962 | 30 |
| 1985 | #2,171 | 25 |
| 1984 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1982 | #1,700 | 34 |
| 1981 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | #1,496 | 41 |
| 1979 | #1,532 | 38 |
| 1978 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | #1,546 | 36 |
| 1976 | #1,748 | 29 |
| 1975 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | #1,582 | 31 |
| 1973 | #1,464 | 34 |
| 1972 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #1,415 | 36 |
| 1970 | #1,546 | 30 |
| 1969 | #1,376 | 34 |
| 1968 | #1,100 | 46 |
| 1967 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1966 | #1,373 | 31 |
| 1965 | #1,513 | 26 |
| 1964 | #1,126 | 46 |
| 1963 | #1,585 | 25 |
| 1962 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1961 | #1,222 | 42 |
| 1960 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1959 | #1,416 | 31 |
| 1958 | #1,222 | 40 |
| 1957 | #1,278 | 37 |
| 1956 | #1,568 | 25 |
| 1955 | #1,791 | 19 |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,215 | 34 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,128 | 40 |
| 1926 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1925 | #1,201 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,152 | 39 |
| 1923 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1922 | #1,107 | 41 |
| 1921 | #1,252 | 34 |
| 1920 | #1,273 | 32 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,172 | 35 |
| 1917 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1916 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,159 | 31 |
| 1914 | #933 | 35 |
| 1913 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Geno! It came in at #1,353, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1945, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Geno is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #1,687 | 9 | 1 in 19,497 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 32 spots since 2024 (#2,750 → #2,718)
- 251 spots since 2020 (#2,467 → #2,718)
- Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1914
- Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1915
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1914 at #933 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1914
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,707
- Highest: 1 in 18,707 boys born in 1914 were named Geno (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 13.2% of all boys named Geno (492) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 211 | #933 (1914) | #1,249 |
| 1920s | 348 | #1,107 (1922) | #1,224 |
| 1930s | 172 | #1,215 (1930) | #1,886 |
| 1940s | 68 | #1,997 (1941) | #2,723 |
| 1950s | 212 | #1,222 (1958) | #1,876 |
| 1960s | 381 | #1,043 (1967) | #1,280 |
| 1970s | 305 | #1,415 (1971) | #1,672 |
| 1980s | 313 | #1,496 (1980) | #1,925 |
| 1990s | 459 | #1,662 (1993) | #1,900 |
| 2000s | 424 | #2,136 (2000) | #2,595 |
| 2010s | 492 | #2,277 (2014) | #2,563 |
| 2020s | 340 | #2,097 (2023) | #2,430 |
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.
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