Gene Boy
How popular is Gene?
#2,230 boy name in 2025
63 baby boys were named Gene in the US in 2025, making it the 2230th most popular boy name.
Gene popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,230 for boys (▼ 328 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 63 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,086 in 2015, #1,655 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1937 (3,165 boys) |
| Highest rank | #61 in 1937 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gene counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gene family of names ranked #1,781 for boys in 2025 (#1,610 the year before), with 68 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gene | 63 | 93% |
| Gean | 5 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gene is most popular
Babies named Gene per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Colorado: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Gene by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 129 | #377 |
| 1890s | 219 | #347 |
| 1900s | 554 | #238 |
| 1910s | 3,870 | #191 |
| 1920s | 17,579 | #62 |
| 1930s | 29,313 | #61 |
| 1940s | 27,739 | #70 |
| 1950s | 19,694 | #122 |
| 1960s | 13,701 | #174 |
| 1970s | 6,233 | #250 |
| 1980s | 3,621 | #380 |
| 1990s | 2,058 | #579 |
| 2000s | 999 | #1,098 |
| 2010s | 695 | #1,746 |
| 2020s | 473 | #1,655 |
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Questions
- Is Gene a boy or girl name?
- Gene is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Gene were boys.
- How popular is the name Gene?
- 63 baby boys were named Gene in the US in 2025, making it the 2230th most popular boy name.
- When was Gene most popular?
- Gene peaked in 1937, when 3,165 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #61 in 1937.
- How many people are named Gene?
- 133,874 babies have been named Gene in the US since 1880. We estimate about 58,290 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 69.
- Where is Gene most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gene was most common in Illinois, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.