Gene Name Popularity

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How popular is Gene?

In 2018 the rare name Gene, ranked the 2,182nd Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Gene is currently less popular.

Position 61, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1937 with 3,166 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Gene was 7 in 1880.

Gene, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1880-1885, 1889-1892, 1897-1900, 1901-1904, 1905-1928, and 2014-2017, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1947-1950, 1959-1974, 1991-1998, and 2006-2010.

Sometimes the name Gene has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Gene has steadily decreased for a while. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Gene for their newborn has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gene?

Gene's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Gene is quite distinctive and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Gene has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Gene (Girl)		Gene (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		7	12,836	63	2,182
2017		< 5	--	88	1,748
2016		< 5	--	78	1,887
2015		8	12,195	67	2,088
2014		< 5	--	53	2,409
2013		< 5	--	67	2,027
2012		< 5	--	71	1,990
2011		5	17,671	61	2,155
2010		< 5	--	65	2,073
2009		< 5	--	81	1,830
2008		< 5	--	79	1,845
2007		< 5	--	85	1,748
2006		< 5	--	95	1,554
2005		6	15,126	93	1,528
2004		5	16,982	108	1,348
2003		5	16,598	106	1,310
2002		< 5	--	99	1,336
2001		5	16,180	129	1,103
2000		< 5	--	123	1,132
1999		< 5	--	160	923
1998		7	11,543	136	1,005
1997		5	14,499	164	859
1996		6	12,347	170	838
1995		9	9,013	174	811
1994		< 5	--	209	722
1993		10	8,264	221	697
1992		6	12,274	252	652
1991		8	9,627	305	580
1990		10	8,077	267	617
1989		6	11,302	291	569
1988		13	6,001	304	522
1987		7	9,098	322	495
1986		9	7,318	328	482
1985		7	8,636	345	464
1984		9	6,980	374	432
1983		12	5,558	374	423
1982		11	6,062	413	409
1981		19	4,049	418	398
1980		12	5,636	452	380
1979		11	5,862	488	361
1978		10	6,086	453	361
1977		13	5,017	523	342
1976		14	4,429	463	355
1975		17	3,822	556	322
1974		17	3,746	570	316
1973		14	4,216	626	290
1972		24	2,840	741	264
1971		25	2,822	878	254
1970		26	2,727	934	250
1969		12	4,264	1,039	225
1968		31	2,179	1,071	216
1967		24	2,513	1,068	209
1966		12	3,810	1,146	205
1965		21	2,694	1,310	193
1964		27	2,368	1,530	181
1963		21	2,726	1,561	191
1962		31	2,127	1,513	202
1961		22	2,633	1,671	185
1960		34	1,957	1,789	174
1959		35	1,891	1,927	163
1958		48	1,548	1,817	168
1957		37	1,792	1,839	169
1956		48	1,537	1,754	169
1955		60	1,302	1,891	152
1954		62	1,259	1,901	151
1953		62	1,230	2,006	143
1952		61	1,221	2,074	138
1951		74	1,083	2,230	126
1950		79	1,027	2,251	122
1949		95	911	2,443	119
1948		90	916	2,541	111
1947		114	822	2,897	103
1946		135	690	2,757	98
1945		106	722	2,373	100
1944		107	733	2,602	95
1943		102	770	2,866	89
1942		126	669	3,127	82
1941		77	823	3,073	72
1940		59	938	3,059	70
1939		71	820	3,012	69
1938		75	814	3,146	65
1937		75	794	3,166	61
1936		74	787	2,908	66
1935		69	825	2,939	66
1934		80	747	2,854	67
1933		87	698	2,778	66
1932		117	608	2,949	64
1931		122	601	2,768	64
1930		168	521	2,787	70
1929		161	535	2,809	68
1928		223	462	3,088	62
1927		246	437	2,803	72
1926		278	408	2,084	91
1925		374	352	1,579	112
1924		257	436	1,275	135
1923		217	469	1,170	140
1922		214	469	1,089	144
1921		183	523	873	170
1920		204	478	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	759	91	253
1909		39	629	81	244
1908		20	894	78	238
1907		24	766	65	261
1906		25	734	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		< 5	--	13	523
1885		5	1,104	20	404
1884		< 5	--	11	583
1883		< 5	--	10	612
1882		7	767	14	502
1881		< 5	--	12	515
1880		< 5	--	7	771

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.