Gen is a very rare variant of Gene that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Gen is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2006. Gen first appears in 1924 and peaked in 1995 (7 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,678 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,036 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,788 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,497 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | — | #9,771 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | — | #7,266 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | — | #8,577 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | — | #7,347 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | — | #5,834 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | — | #5,753 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | — | #5,490 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | — | #4,620 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #5,794 | — |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,680 | — |