Gene*
#260 most common boys' name of all time · #566 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#260
Rank overall
#566 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
133,874
Since 2016
802
Peak year
1928 #62
Best rank
#61 1937
Girls
Boys
peak 3,311/yr
Gene is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,234 |
| 2024 | 5 | 83 | 88 | #1,903 |
| 2023 | — | 76 | 76 | #2,000 |
| 2022 | — | 74 | 74 | #2,039 |
| 2021 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,885 |
| 2020 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,656 |
| 2019 | 6 | 80 | 86 | #1,870 |
| 2018 | 7 | 64 | 71 | #2,169 |
| 2017 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,749 |
| 2016 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,877 |
| 2015 | 8 | 67 | 75 | #2,087 |
| 2014 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,402 |
| 2013 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,021 |
| 2012 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,986 |
| 2011 | 5 | 61 | 66 | #2,149 |
| 2010 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,073 |
| 2009 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,825 |
| 2008 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,839 |
| 2007 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,743 |
| 2006 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,551 |
| 2005 | 6 | 93 | 99 | #1,526 |
| 2004 | 5 | 109 | 114 | #1,344 |
| 2003 | 5 | 106 | 111 | #1,310 |
| 2002 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 5 | 129 | 134 | #1,100 |
| 2000 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,128 |
| 1999 | — | 160 | 160 | #922 |
| 1998 | 7 | 136 | 143 | #1,005 |
| 1997 | 5 | 164 | 169 | #860 |
| 1996 | 6 | 170 | 176 | #838 |
| 1995 | 9 | 174 | 183 | #810 |
| 1994 | — | 209 | 209 | #722 |
| 1993 | 10 | 221 | 231 | #696 |
| 1992 | 6 | 252 | 258 | #652 |
| 1991 | 8 | 305 | 313 | #580 |
| 1990 | 10 | 267 | 277 | #617 |
| 1989 | 6 | 291 | 297 | #569 |
| 1988 | 13 | 303 | 316 | #524 |
| 1987 | 7 | 324 | 331 | #494 |
| 1986 | 9 | 328 | 337 | #482 |
| 1985 | 7 | 344 | 351 | #465 |
| 1984 | 9 | 375 | 384 | #432 |
| 1983 | 12 | 374 | 386 | #423 |
| 1982 | 11 | 413 | 424 | #409 |
| 1981 | 19 | 418 | 437 | #398 |
| 1980 | 12 | 451 | 463 | #380 |
| 1979 | 11 | 488 | 499 | #361 |
| 1978 | 10 | 453 | 463 | #361 |
| 1977 | 13 | 523 | 536 | #342 |
| 1976 | 14 | 464 | 478 | #355 |
| 1975 | 17 | 556 | 573 | #322 |
| 1974 | 17 | 570 | 587 | #316 |
| 1973 | 14 | 625 | 639 | #292 |
| 1972 | 24 | 742 | 766 | #264 |
| 1971 | 25 | 878 | 903 | #254 |
| 1970 | 26 | 934 | 960 | #250 |
| 1969 | 12 | 1,038 | 1,050 | #225 |
| 1968 | 31 | 1,072 | 1,103 | #216 |
| 1967 | 24 | 1,068 | 1,092 | #209 |
| 1966 | 12 | 1,145 | 1,157 | #205 |
| 1965 | 21 | 1,307 | 1,328 | #193 |
| 1964 | 27 | 1,530 | 1,557 | #180 |
| 1963 | 21 | 1,564 | 1,585 | #191 |
| 1962 | 31 | 1,514 | 1,545 | #202 |
| 1961 | 22 | 1,667 | 1,689 | #186 |
| 1960 | 34 | 1,796 | 1,830 | #174 |
| 1959 | 36 | 1,934 | 1,970 | #163 |
| 1958 | 47 | 1,815 | 1,862 | #168 |
| 1957 | 37 | 1,839 | 1,876 | #169 |
| 1956 | 48 | 1,754 | 1,802 | #170 |
| 1955 | 59 | 1,892 | 1,951 | #152 |
| 1954 | 63 | 1,900 | 1,963 | #151 |
| 1953 | 62 | 2,006 | 2,068 | #143 |
| 1952 | 61 | 2,073 | 2,134 | #138 |
| 1951 | 74 | 2,231 | 2,305 | #126 |
| 1950 | 79 | 2,250 | 2,329 | #122 |
| 1949 | 95 | 2,444 | 2,539 | #119 |
| 1948 | 90 | 2,542 | 2,632 | #111 |
| 1947 | 114 | 2,894 | 3,008 | #103 |
| 1946 | 135 | 2,759 | 2,894 | #98 |
| 1945 | 106 | 2,373 | 2,479 | #100 |
| 1944 | 107 | 2,602 | 2,709 | #95 |
| 1943 | 102 | 2,865 | 2,967 | #89 |
| 1942 | 126 | 3,127 | 3,253 | #82 |
| 1941 | 77 | 3,073 | 3,150 | #72 |
| 1940 | 59 | 3,060 | 3,119 | #70 |
| 1939 | 71 | 3,014 | 3,085 | #69 |
| 1938 | 75 | 3,149 | 3,224 | #65 |
| 1937 | 75 | 3,165 | 3,240 | #61 |
| 1936 | 74 | 2,909 | 2,983 | #66 |
| 1935 | 69 | 2,937 | 3,006 | #66 |
| 1934 | 80 | 2,854 | 2,934 | #67 |
| 1933 | 87 | 2,780 | 2,867 | #66 |
| 1932 | 117 | 2,952 | 3,069 | #64 |
| 1931 | 122 | 2,766 | 2,888 | #64 |
| 1930 | 168 | 2,787 | 2,955 | #70 |
| 1929 | 161 | 2,810 | 2,971 | #68 |
| 1928 | 223 | 3,088 | 3,311 | #62 |
| 1927 | 246 | 2,802 | 3,048 | #72 |
| 1926 | 278 | 2,083 | 2,361 | #91 |
| 1925 | 374 | 1,579 | 1,953 | #112 |
| 1924 | 257 | 1,275 | 1,532 | #135 |
| 1923 | 217 | 1,170 | 1,387 | #140 |
| 1922 | 214 | 1,089 | 1,303 | #144 |
| 1921 | 183 | 873 | 1,056 | #170 |
| 1920 | 204 | 810 | 1,014 | #173 |
| 1919 | 160 | 676 | 836 | #191 |
| 1918 | 151 | 662 | 813 | #192 |
| 1917 | 174 | 542 | 716 | #208 |
| 1916 | 119 | 517 | 636 | #212 |
| 1915 | 140 | 493 | 633 | #212 |
| 1914 | 109 | 352 | 461 | #226 |
| 1913 | 76 | 248 | 324 | #238 |
| 1912 | 54 | 187 | 241 | #259 |
| 1911 | 45 | 102 | 147 | #254 |
| 1910 | 32 | 91 | 123 | #253 |
| 1909 | 39 | 81 | 120 | #245 |
| 1908 | 20 | 78 | 98 | #241 |
| 1907 | 24 | 65 | 89 | #262 |
| 1906 | 25 | 63 | 88 | #249 |
| 1905 | 24 | 44 | 68 | #305 |
| 1904 | 23 | 58 | 81 | #253 |
| 1903 | 32 | 45 | 77 | #280 |
| 1902 | 25 | 41 | 66 | #301 |
| 1901 | 23 | 31 | 54 | #323 |
| 1900 | 26 | 48 | 74 | #304 |
| 1899 | 15 | 22 | 37 | #399 |
| 1898 | 19 | 25 | 44 | #401 |
| 1897 | 11 | 19 | 30 | #455 |
| 1896 | 19 | 29 | 48 | #361 |
| 1895 | 14 | 28 | 42 | #354 |
| 1894 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #460 |
| 1893 | 12 | 22 | 34 | #390 |
| 1892 | 15 | 23 | 38 | #402 |
| 1891 | 16 | 15 | 31 | #474 |
| 1890 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #457 |
| 1889 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #616 |
| 1888 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #604 |
| 1887 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #391 |
| 1886 | — | 13 | 13 | #532 |
| 1885 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #409 |
| 1884 | — | 11 | 11 | #605 |
| 1883 | — | 10 | 10 | #632 |
| 1882 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #513 |
| 1881 | — | 12 | 12 | #529 |
| 1880 | — | 7 | 7 | #774 |