Meaning not yet researched.
Gene: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 63 in 2025. Its best rank was #61 in 1937.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #61 in 1937; #2,238 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gene in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,238 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1937, at #61.
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Gene: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 63 boys in 2025. Peak: #61 in 1937 · most boys in one year: 3,165 (1937).
In 2025, 63 US boys were named Gene, making it the 2,238th most common boys’ name of the year, down 330 places from #1,908 in 2024. That is 20 fewer than the 83 boys named Gene in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #61, reached in 1937. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,165. For comparison, it was #2,093 in 2015 and #122 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gene in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 7 babies with the name. In all, 133,874 US babies have been given the name, 5.2% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 30,251 babies named Gene.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 784 US boys were named Gene; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 96. In 2025 that was about 1 in 27,112 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Gene ranked highest in California in 2025, at #1,628 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Eugene (383,340 babies since 1880) and Eugenio (4,984 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Gen, Geon and Gin are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Gen (79), Geon (47), Gin (42), Geanne (21), Geane (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Gene in the open dataset we use.
Gene is listed as a nickname for Eugene.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 10 | #1,628 | #1,275 |
| Texas | 6 | #2,374 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 63 | #2,238 |
| 2024 | 5 | #16,107 | 83 | #1,908 |
| 2023 | — | — | 76 | #2,007 |
| 2022 | — | — | 74 | #2,046 |
| 2021 | — | — | 81 | #1,892 |
| 2020 | — | — | 96 | #1,660 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,389 | 80 | #1,874 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,933 | 64 | #2,177 |
| 2017 | — | — | 88 | #1,752 |
| 2016 | — | — | 79 | #1,882 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,221 | 67 | #2,093 |
| 2014 | — | — | 53 | #2,410 |
| 2013 | — | — | 67 | #2,029 |
| 2012 | — | — | 71 | #1,994 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,690 | 61 | #2,156 |
| 2010 | — | — | 65 | #2,074 |
| 2009 | — | — | 81 | #1,832 |
| 2008 | — | — | 79 | #1,846 |
| 2007 | — | — | 85 | #1,749 |
| 2006 | — | — | 95 | #1,554 |
| 2005 | 6 | #15,131 | 93 | #1,529 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,991 | 109 | #1,345 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,607 | 106 | #1,311 |
| 2002 | — | — | 99 | #1,336 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,184 | 129 | #1,103 |
| 2000 | — | — | 123 | #1,132 |
| 1999 | — | — | 160 | #923 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,543 | 136 | #1,006 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,504 | 164 | #859 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,348 | 170 | #838 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,015 | 174 | #811 |
| 1994 | — | — | 209 | #722 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,265 | 221 | #697 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,277 | 252 | #652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,628 | 305 | #580 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,078 | 267 | #617 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,307 | 291 | #569 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,002 | 303 | #524 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,099 | 324 | #495 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,321 | 328 | #482 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,638 | 344 | #464 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,986 | 375 | #432 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,564 | 374 | #423 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,066 | 413 | #409 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,050 | 418 | #398 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,638 | 451 | #380 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,869 | 488 | #361 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,086 | 453 | #361 |
| 1977 | 13 | #5,021 | 523 | #342 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,433 | 464 | #355 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,824 | 556 | #322 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,749 | 570 | #316 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,215 | 625 | #291 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,840 | 742 | #264 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,823 | 878 | #254 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,728 | 934 | #250 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,265 | 1,038 | #225 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,179 | 1,072 | #216 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,514 | 1,068 | #209 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,809 | 1,145 | #205 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,696 | 1,307 | #193 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,368 | 1,530 | #180 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,723 | 1,564 | #191 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,126 | 1,514 | #202 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,633 | 1,667 | #186 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,956 | 1,796 | #174 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,859 | 1,934 | #163 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,561 | 1,815 | #168 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,793 | 1,839 | #169 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,537 | 1,754 | #170 |
| 1955 | 59 | #1,313 | 1,892 | #152 |
| 1954 | 63 | #1,250 | 1,900 | #151 |
| 1953 | 62 | #1,229 | 2,006 | #143 |
| 1952 | 61 | #1,221 | 2,073 | #138 |
| 1951 | 74 | #1,082 | 2,231 | #126 |
| 1950 | 79 | #1,027 | 2,250 | #122 |
| 1949 | 95 | #911 | 2,444 | #119 |
| 1948 | 90 | #917 | 2,542 | #111 |
| 1947 | 114 | #822 | 2,894 | #103 |
| 1946 | 135 | #691 | 2,759 | #98 |
| 1945 | 106 | #722 | 2,373 | #100 |
| 1944 | 107 | #733 | 2,602 | #95 |
| 1943 | 102 | #770 | 2,865 | #89 |
| 1942 | 126 | #669 | 3,127 | #82 |
| 1941 | 77 | #823 | 3,073 | #72 |
| 1940 | 59 | #938 | 3,060 | #70 |
| 1939 | 71 | #820 | 3,014 | #69 |
| 1938 | 75 | #814 | 3,149 | #65 |
| 1937 | 75 | #793 | 3,165 | #61 |
| 1936 | 74 | #787 | 2,909 | #66 |
| 1935 | 69 | #825 | 2,937 | #66 |
| 1934 | 80 | #747 | 2,854 | #67 |
| 1933 | 87 | #698 | 2,780 | #66 |
| 1932 | 117 | #608 | 2,952 | #64 |
| 1931 | 122 | #601 | 2,766 | #64 |
| 1930 | 168 | #521 | 2,787 | #70 |
| 1929 | 161 | #535 | 2,810 | #68 |
| 1928 | 223 | #462 | 3,088 | #62 |
| 1927 | 246 | #437 | 2,802 | #72 |
| 1926 | 278 | #408 | 2,083 | #91 |
| 1925 | 374 | #352 | 1,579 | #112 |
| 1924 | 257 | #436 | 1,275 | #135 |
| 1923 | 217 | #468 | 1,170 | #140 |
| 1922 | 214 | #469 | 1,089 | #144 |
| 1921 | 183 | #523 | 873 | #170 |
| 1920 | 204 | #477 | 810 | #173 |
| 1919 | 160 | #543 | 676 | #191 |
| 1918 | 151 | #583 | 662 | #192 |
| 1917 | 174 | #501 | 542 | #208 |
| 1916 | 119 | #622 | 517 | #212 |
| 1915 | 140 | #533 | 493 | #212 |
| 1914 | 109 | #534 | 352 | #226 |
| 1913 | 76 | #588 | 248 | #237 |
| 1912 | 54 | #681 | 187 | #257 |
| 1911 | 45 | #644 | 102 | #254 |
| 1910 | 32 | #758 | 91 | #253 |
| 1909 | 39 | #629 | 81 | #244 |
| 1908 | 20 | #894 | 78 | #238 |
| 1907 | 24 | #766 | 65 | #261 |
| 1906 | 25 | #733 | 63 | #249 |
| 1905 | 24 | #749 | 44 | #303 |
| 1904 | 23 | #739 | 58 | #249 |
| 1903 | 32 | #582 | 45 | #280 |
| 1902 | 25 | #676 | 41 | #299 |
| 1901 | 23 | #671 | 31 | #318 |
| 1900 | 26 | #710 | 48 | #302 |
| 1899 | 15 | #853 | 22 | #397 |
| 1898 | 19 | #777 | 25 | #399 |
| 1897 | 11 | #1,005 | 19 | #445 |
| 1896 | 19 | #736 | 29 | #359 |
| 1895 | 14 | #875 | 28 | #350 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,178 | 19 | #444 |
| 1893 | 12 | #877 | 22 | #386 |
| 1892 | 15 | #775 | 23 | #398 |
| 1891 | 16 | #679 | 15 | #461 |
| 1890 | 11 | #845 | 17 | #445 |
| 1889 | 9 | #923 | 11 | #600 |
| 1888 | 12 | #767 | 12 | #590 |
| 1887 | 7 | #982 | 19 | #383 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #523 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,104 | 20 | #404 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #583 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #612 |
| 1882 | 7 | #767 | 14 | #502 |
| 1881 | — | — | 12 | #515 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #771 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).