Jenaro
Jenaro is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran (1893–1965), Spanish painter Jenaro Flores Santos, Bolivian trade union leader and politician Jenaro Gajardo Vera (1919–1998), eccentric Chilean lawyer, painter and poet Jenaro Pérez Villaamil (1807–1854), Spanish painter Jenaro Pindú (1946–1993), prominent cartoonist, sculptor and architect of Paraguay Jenaro…
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Jenaro
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jenaro is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran (1893–1965), Spanish painter Jenaro Flores Santos, Bolivian trade union leader and politician Jenaro Gajardo Vera (1919–1998), eccentric Chilean lawyer, painter and poet Jenaro Pérez Villaamil (1807–1854), Spanish painter Jenaro Pindú (1946–1993), prominent cartoonist, sculptor and architect of Paraguay Jenaro…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Jenaro
American parents first put Jenaro on the record books as a baby boy name in 1919, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1991, when 17 Jenaros were born — ranking #3,462 that year. Jenaro last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 675 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jenaro
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About the name Jenaro
Jenaro is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 675 births in the dataset. Jenaro's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #3,462. Use the chart and map above to compare Jenaro's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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