Gene
Boy · JEEN · Greek
Gene is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “well-born, noble”. In 2025 it ranked 675th for boys in the UK (59 babies) and 2,230th for boys in the US (63 babies).
What does Gene mean?
Greek: short form of Eugene
“well-born, noble”
Short form of Eugene; borne by dancer and actor Gene Kelly of Singin' in the Rain.
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- JEEN
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Is Gene a girl's or a boy's name?
Gene is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 boys in the UK and 63 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gene in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 5,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 59 boys in the UK were named Gene, making it the 675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 876th.
2025 had the most boys named Gene of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Gene in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 boys in the UK were given Gene or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #586, up from #675 for this spelling alone.
- Gene 59
- Jean 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 668th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Gene in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #675 |
| 2024 | 54 | #720 |
| 2023 | 57 | #684 |
| 2022 | 40 | #863 |
| 2021 | 37 | #909 |
| 2020 | 37 | #876 |
| 2019 | 50 | #736 |
| 2018 | 46 | #788 |
| 2017 | 42 | #844 |
| 2016 | 39 | #884 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,025 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,162 |
| 2013 | 40 | #843 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,051 |
| 2011 | 36 | #892 |
| 2010 | 31 | #994 |
| 2009 | 37 | #854 |
| 2008 | 45 | #734 |
| 2007 | 34 | #858 |
| 2006 | 31 | #880 |
| 2005 | 25 | #972 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Gene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,230among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were named Gene, making it the 2,230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,655th. Its busiest year was 1937, with 3,165 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Gene than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Gene in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 239 boys in the US were given Gene or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #893, up from #2,230 for this spelling alone.
- Jean 176
- Gene 63
In 1891, 52% of the babies named Gene in the US were girls. By 2024 it was 6%, with more boys than girls since 1892.
Gene in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,230 |
| 2024 | 83 | #1,902 |
| 2023 | 76 | #1,998 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,038 |
| 2021 | 81 | #1,883 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,655 |
| 2019 | 80 | #1,868 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,166 |
| 2017 | 88 | #1,746 |
| 2016 | 79 | #1,875 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2014 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 71 | #1,982 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,068 |
| 2009 | 81 | #1,824 |
| 2008 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 2007 | 85 | #1,741 |
| 2006 | 95 | #1,551 |
| 2005 | 93 | #1,523 |
| 2004 | 109 | #1,341 |
| 2003 | 106 | #1,309 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,329 |
| 2001 | 129 | #1,098 |
| 2000 | 123 | #1,126 |
| 1999 | 160 | #920 |
| 1998 | 136 | #1,002 |
| 1997 | 164 | #857 |
| 1996 | 170 | #836 |
| 1995 | 174 | #806 |
| 1994 | 209 | #721 |
| 1993 | 221 | #695 |
| 1992 | 252 | #649 |
| 1991 | 305 | #579 |
| 1990 | 267 | #615 |
| 1989 | 291 | #568 |
| 1988 | 303 | #523 |
| 1987 | 324 | #494 |
| 1986 | 328 | #481 |
| 1985 | 344 | #464 |
| 1984 | 375 | #432 |
| 1983 | 374 | #423 |
| 1982 | 413 | #409 |
| 1981 | 418 | #398 |
| 1980 | 451 | #380 |
| 1979 | 488 | #361 |
| 1978 | 453 | #361 |
| 1977 | 523 | #342 |
| 1976 | 464 | #355 |
| 1975 | 556 | #322 |
| 1974 | 570 | #316 |
| 1973 | 625 | #291 |
| 1972 | 742 | #264 |
| 1971 | 878 | #253 |
| 1970 | 934 | #250 |
| 1969 | 1,038 | #225 |
| 1968 | 1,072 | #216 |
| 1967 | 1,068 | #209 |
| 1966 | 1,145 | #205 |
| 1965 | 1,307 | #193 |
| 1964 | 1,530 | #180 |
| 1963 | 1,564 | #191 |
| 1962 | 1,514 | #201 |
| 1961 | 1,667 | #186 |
| 1960 | 1,796 | #174 |
| 1959 | 1,934 | #163 |
| 1958 | 1,815 | #168 |
| 1957 | 1,839 | #169 |
| 1956 | 1,754 | #170 |
| 1955 | 1,892 | #152 |
| 1954 | 1,900 | #151 |
| 1953 | 2,006 | #143 |
| 1952 | 2,073 | #138 |
| 1951 | 2,231 | #126 |
| 1950 | 2,250 | #122 |
| 1949 | 2,444 | #119 |
| 1948 | 2,542 | #111 |
| 1947 | 2,894 | #103 |
| 1946 | 2,759 | #98 |
| 1945 | 2,373 | #100 |
| 1944 | 2,602 | #95 |
| 1943 | 2,865 | #89 |
| 1942 | 3,127 | #82 |
| 1941 | 3,073 | #72 |
| 1940 | 3,060 | #70 |
| 1939 | 3,014 | #69 |
| 1938 | 3,149 | #65 |
| 1937 | 3,165 | #61 |
| 1936 | 2,909 | #66 |
| 1935 | 2,937 | #66 |
| 1934 | 2,854 | #67 |
| 1933 | 2,780 | #66 |
| 1932 | 2,952 | #64 |
| 1931 | 2,766 | #64 |
| 1930 | 2,787 | #70 |
| 1929 | 2,810 | #68 |
| 1928 | 3,088 | #62 |
| 1927 | 2,802 | #72 |
| 1926 | 2,083 | #91 |
| 1925 | 1,579 | #112 |
| 1924 | 1,275 | #135 |
| 1923 | 1,170 | #140 |
| 1922 | 1,089 | #143 |
| 1921 | 873 | #169 |
| 1920 | 810 | #173 |
| 1919 | 676 | #191 |
| 1918 | 662 | #192 |
| 1917 | 542 | #207 |
| 1916 | 517 | #212 |
| 1915 | 493 | #212 |
| 1914 | 352 | #226 |
| 1913 | 248 | #237 |
| 1912 | 187 | #256 |
| 1911 | 102 | #254 |
| 1910 | 91 | #253 |
| 1909 | 81 | #244 |
| 1908 | 78 | #238 |
| 1907 | 65 | #260 |
| 1906 | 63 | #249 |
| 1905 | 44 | #303 |
| 1904 | 58 | #249 |
| 1903 | 45 | #278 |
| 1902 | 41 | #299 |
| 1901 | 31 | #318 |
| 1900 | 48 | #301 |
| 1899 | 22 | #394 |
| 1898 | 25 | #394 |
| 1897 | 19 | #438 |
| 1896 | 29 | #357 |
| 1895 | 28 | #347 |
| 1894 | 19 | #439 |
| 1893 | 22 | #383 |
| 1892 | 23 | #394 |
| 1891 | 15 | #456 |
| 1890 | 17 | #434 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 12 | #580 |
| 1887 | 19 | #377 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 20 | #399 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 14 | #489 |
| 1881 | 12 | #503 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
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