Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Gene

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gene
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.4% from peak

Peak era

1937

Peak rank proxy

3,165

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19372024

Peak year

1937

Decline from peak

97.4%

2024

All-time

126,812

Gene once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1937, when 3,165 boys were named Gene.

In 2024, only 83 boys were given the name.

Down 97.4% from its peak.

All told, about 126,812 Americans have been named Gene and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.4% from peak

19373,165 boys named Gene

202483 boys named Gene

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