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Generoso

Boys' name

Form of Generosus

Generoso has been given to 64 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1927, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Generoso, 1972

1 in 524,000

Generoso over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Generoso: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Generosus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Generoso means

Generoso is a form of Generosus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Generoso is used in Italian and Spanish (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒe.ne.ˈro.zo/ and /xe.ne.ˈɾo.so/ for Generoso.

Origin, language, and formation

Generoso is used in Italian and Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Generosus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 64 boys were recorded with the name Generoso between 1914 and 1972. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1927; its best national rank was #2,756 in 1914.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Generoso?

Generoso had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1972, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1972
1 in 524,000
6 of 3,142,796 births
Among boys only
1 in 270,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1972
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
363,071 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Generoso sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1972 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 363,071 children born in 1972 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Generoso. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Generosos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Generoso was born before 1924 — so the typical Generoso is around 101 today.

Median birth year
1924
About 101 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
37.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
34.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
17
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1910s — 37.5% of all recorded uses (24).

Is Generoso rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1927 (8)
Years since peak
98
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Very steady
0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,756
1914

Generoso around the world

Where Generoso ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1957–1972
    #479
    in 1972

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Generoso by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,756
1914
Peak year
1927
8 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
1972
All-time count
64
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Generoso

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Generoso

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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