The name Gene is a diminutive form of Eugene.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Gene has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Gene
Use of the Name Gene for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
124,399
34,663
5,532
667
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Gene has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Gene last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1999, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Gene
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
772
7
1881
515
12
1882
502
14
767
7
1883
612
10
1884
583
11
1885
404
20
1886
524
13
1887
383
19
982
7
1888
590
12
767
12
1889
600
11
924
9
1890
445
17
845
11
1891
461
15
679
16
1892
398
23
775
15
1893
386
22
877
12
1894
444
19
1895
350
28
875
14
1896
359
29
736
19
1897
445
19
1898
399
25
777
19
1899
397
22
853
15
1900
304
48
710
26
1901
318
31
671
23
1902
299
41
675
25
1903
280
45
581
32
1904
249
58
739
23
1905
303
44
749
24
1906
249
63
734
25
1907
261
65
765
24
1908
238
78
894
20
1909
244
81
639
38
1910
253
91
758
32
1911
254
102
642
45
1912
256
187
681
54
1913
237
248
589
76
1914
226
351
534
109
1915
211
495
534
140
1916
212
518
622
119
1917
206
548
500
174
1918
194
659
581
151
1919
186
682
541
161
1920
173
811
485
200
1921
170
872
525
182
1922
144
1,084
468
214
1923
140
1,171
466
218
1924
135
1,280
435
257
1925
111
1,587
352
373
1926
91
2,084
409
279
1927
72
2,791
437
244
1928
62
3,085
462
223
1929
67
2,810
532
162
1930
70
2,781
523
167
1931
64
2,767
601
121
1932
64
2,938
609
117
1933
66
2,771
697
88
1934
67
2,848
758
78
1935
66
2,936
825
69
1936
66
2,901
783
75
1937
61
3,167
793
75
1938
65
3,144
814
75
1939
69
3,014
824
71
1940
70
3,051
938
59
1941
72
3,068
824
77
1942
82
3,126
666
127
1943
89
2,867
766
102
1944
95
2,585
735
107
1945
100
2,368
723
106
1946
98
2,752
694
134
1947
103
2,883
833
112
1948
111
2,531
910
91
1949
119
2,437
907
96
1950
122
2,239
1951
126
2,230
1952
138
2,067
1953
143
2,010
1954
151
1,897
1955
152
1,884
1956
171
1,738
1957
169
1,845
1958
168
1,819
1959
163
1,924
1960
175
1,792
1961
185
1,664
1962
202
1,519
1963
191
1,558
1964
181
1,528
1965
193
1,310
1966
205
1,150
1967
211
1,064
1968
215
1,072
1969
224
1,040
1970
250
931
1971
255
874
1972
264
743
1973
293
622
1974
316
574
1975
322
556
1976
355
462
1977
342
522
1978
361
452
1979
360
488
1980
380
450
1981
399
416
1982
409
413
1983
422
373
1984
433
373
1985
465
343
1986
481
328
1987
492
323
1988
523
303
1989
568
291
1990
620
266
1991
580
304
1992
655
251
1993
696
222
1994
722
209
1995
809
174
1996
838
170
1997
858
164
1998
1999
923
159
Totals:
124,399
5,776
During the last 125 years, parents have used Gene as a boy's name about 95% of the time and less frequently (about 4% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Gene appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 119 times during the last 125 years.