Is Gene a boy or girl name?
Gene is mostly a boy name in the US. In 2024, 5 girls and 83 boys were named Gene, so 5.7% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 5.2% of the 133,809 US babies named Gene were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,905
- Girl rank, 2024
- #16,048
- Babies named Gene since 1880
- 133,809
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 3,311 babies
Boys and girls named Gene, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 129 | 40 | 23.7% |
| 1890s | 219 | 140 | 39% |
| 1900s | 554 | 261 | 32% |
| 1910s | 3,870 | 1,060 | 21.5% |
| 1920s | 17,579 | 2,357 | 11.8% |
| 1930s | 29,312 | 938 | 3.1% |
| 1940s | 27,740 | 1,011 | 3.5% |
| 1950s | 19,695 | 566 | 2.8% |
| 1960s | 13,700 | 235 | 1.7% |
| 1970s | 6,233 | 171 | 2.7% |
| 1980s | 3,621 | 105 | 2.8% |
| 1990s | 2,058 | 61 | 2.9% |
| 2000s | 999 | 21 | 2.1% |
| 2010s | 694 | 26 | 3.6% |
| 2020s | 409 | 5 | 1.2% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 83 | #1,905 | 5 | #16,048 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,015 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,043 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 81 | #1,892 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,659 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 80 | #1,874 | 6 | #14,382 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,174 | 7 | #12,930 |
| 2017 | 88 | #1,751 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 78 | #1,891 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,092 | 8 | #12,218 |
| 2014 | 53 | #2,410 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,029 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 71 | #1,994 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,156 | 5 | #17,689 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,074 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 81 | #1,831 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 79 | #1,846 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 85 | #1,748 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 95 | #1,554 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 93 | #1,529 | 6 | #15,129 |
| 2004 | 109 | #1,345 | 5 | #16,990 |
| 2003 | 106 | #1,311 | 5 | #16,605 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,336 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 129 | #1,103 | 5 | #16,183 |
| 2000 | 123 | #1,132 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 160 | #923 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 136 | #1,006 | 7 | #11,543 |
| 1997 | 164 | #859 | 5 | #14,503 |
| 1996 | 170 | #838 | 6 | #12,348 |
| 1995 | 174 | #811 | 9 | #9,015 |
| 1994 | 209 | #722 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 221 | #697 | 10 | #8,266 |
| 1992 | 252 | #652 | 6 | #12,277 |
| 1991 | 305 | #580 | 8 | #9,630 |
| 1990 | 267 | #617 | 10 | #8,078 |
| 1989 | 291 | #569 | 6 | #11,305 |
| 1988 | 303 | #524 | 13 | #6,002 |
| 1987 | 324 | #495 | 7 | #9,101 |
| 1986 | 328 | #482 | 9 | #7,321 |
| 1985 | 344 | #464 | 7 | #8,638 |
| 1984 | 375 | #432 | 9 | #6,984 |
| 1983 | 374 | #423 | 12 | #5,564 |
| 1982 | 413 | #409 | 11 | #6,065 |
| 1981 | 418 | #398 | 19 | #4,049 |
| 1980 | 451 | #380 | 12 | #5,638 |
| 1979 | 488 | #361 | 11 | #5,867 |
| 1978 | 453 | #361 | 10 | #6,086 |
| 1977 | 523 | #342 | 13 | #5,020 |
| 1976 | 464 | #355 | 14 | #4,431 |
| 1975 | 556 | #322 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1974 | 570 | #316 | 17 | #3,748 |
| 1973 | 625 | #291 | 14 | #4,215 |
| 1972 | 742 | #264 | 24 | #2,840 |
| 1971 | 878 | #254 | 25 | #2,823 |
| 1970 | 934 | #250 | 26 | #2,728 |
| 1969 | 1,038 | #225 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1968 | 1,072 | #216 | 31 | #2,179 |
| 1967 | 1,068 | #209 | 24 | #2,514 |
| 1966 | 1,146 | #205 | 12 | #3,809 |
| 1965 | 1,307 | #193 | 21 | #2,696 |
| 1964 | 1,530 | #180 | 27 | #2,368 |
| 1963 | 1,564 | #191 | 21 | #2,723 |
| 1962 | 1,514 | #201 | 31 | #2,126 |
| 1961 | 1,667 | #186 | 22 | #2,633 |
| 1960 | 1,794 | #174 | 34 | #1,955 |
| 1959 | 1,934 | #163 | 35 | #1,895 |
| 1958 | 1,817 | #168 | 48 | #1,548 |
| 1957 | 1,839 | #169 | 37 | #1,792 |
| 1956 | 1,754 | #170 | 48 | #1,537 |
| 1955 | 1,892 | #152 | 59 | #1,313 |
| 1954 | 1,900 | #151 | 63 | #1,250 |
| 1953 | 2,005 | #143 | 62 | #1,229 |
| 1952 | 2,073 | #138 | 61 | #1,221 |
| 1951 | 2,231 | #126 | 74 | #1,082 |
| 1950 | 2,250 | #122 | 79 | #1,027 |
| 1949 | 2,443 | #119 | 95 | #911 |
| 1948 | 2,541 | #111 | 90 | #917 |
| 1947 | 2,896 | #103 | 114 | #822 |
| 1946 | 2,758 | #98 | 135 | #691 |
| 1945 | 2,373 | #100 | 106 | #722 |
| 1944 | 2,602 | #95 | 107 | #733 |
| 1943 | 2,866 | #89 | 102 | #770 |
| 1942 | 3,127 | #82 | 126 | #669 |
| 1941 | 3,073 | #72 | 77 | #823 |
| 1940 | 3,061 | #70 | 59 | #938 |
| 1939 | 3,013 | #69 | 71 | #820 |
| 1938 | 3,149 | #65 | 75 | #813 |
| 1937 | 3,165 | #61 | 75 | #793 |
| 1936 | 2,909 | #66 | 74 | #787 |
| 1935 | 2,937 | #66 | 69 | #825 |
| 1934 | 2,854 | #67 | 80 | #747 |
| 1933 | 2,780 | #66 | 87 | #698 |
| 1932 | 2,952 | #64 | 117 | #608 |
| 1931 | 2,766 | #64 | 122 | #601 |
| 1930 | 2,787 | #70 | 168 | #521 |
| 1929 | 2,810 | #68 | 161 | #535 |
| 1928 | 3,088 | #62 | 223 | #462 |
| 1927 | 2,802 | #72 | 246 | #437 |
| 1926 | 2,083 | #91 | 278 | #408 |
| 1925 | 1,579 | #112 | 374 | #352 |
| 1924 | 1,275 | #135 | 257 | #436 |
| 1923 | 1,170 | #140 | 217 | #468 |
| 1922 | 1,089 | #144 | 214 | #469 |
| 1921 | 873 | #170 | 183 | #523 |
| 1920 | 810 | #173 | 204 | #477 |
| 1919 | 676 | #191 | 160 | #543 |
| 1918 | 662 | #192 | 151 | #583 |
| 1917 | 542 | #208 | 174 | #501 |
| 1916 | 517 | #212 | 119 | #622 |
| 1915 | 493 | #212 | 140 | #533 |
| 1914 | 352 | #226 | 109 | #534 |
| 1913 | 248 | #237 | 76 | #588 |
| 1912 | 187 | #257 | 54 | #681 |
| 1911 | 102 | #254 | 45 | #644 |
| 1910 | 91 | #253 | 32 | #758 |
| 1909 | 81 | #244 | 39 | #629 |
| 1908 | 78 | #238 | 20 | #894 |
| 1907 | 65 | #261 | 24 | #766 |
| 1906 | 63 | #249 | 25 | #733 |
| 1905 | 44 | #303 | 24 | #749 |
| 1904 | 58 | #249 | 23 | #739 |
| 1903 | 45 | #280 | 32 | #582 |
| 1902 | 41 | #299 | 25 | #676 |
| 1901 | 31 | #318 | 23 | #671 |
| 1900 | 48 | #302 | 26 | #710 |
| 1899 | 22 | #397 | 15 | #853 |
| 1898 | 25 | #399 | 19 | #777 |
| 1897 | 19 | #445 | 11 | #1,005 |
| 1896 | 29 | #359 | 19 | #736 |
| 1895 | 28 | #350 | 14 | #875 |
| 1894 | 19 | #444 | 8 | #1,178 |
| 1893 | 22 | #386 | 12 | #877 |
| 1892 | 23 | #398 | 15 | #775 |
| 1891 | 15 | #461 | 16 | #679 |
| 1890 | 17 | #445 | 11 | #845 |
| 1889 | 11 | #600 | 9 | #923 |
| 1888 | 12 | #590 | 12 | #767 |
| 1887 | 19 | #383 | 7 | #982 |
| 1886 | 13 | #523 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 20 | #404 | 5 | #1,104 |
| 1884 | 11 | #583 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 10 | #612 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 14 | #502 | 7 | #767 |
| 1881 | 12 | #515 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 7 | #771 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Gene reached #61 in 1937. As a girl name, it reached #352 in 1925. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Gene
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.