Gene is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1928 and has since faded.
Gene is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,238 for boy births in the United States (and #4,809 across all names), given to 63 babies. Gene first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1937 (3,165 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,238 |
| 2024 | 88 | 88 | #16,107 | #1,908 |
| 2023 | 76 | 76 | — | #2,007 |
| 2022 | 74 | 74 | — | #2,046 |
| 2021 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,892 |
| 2020 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,660 |
| 2019 | 86 | 86 | #14,389 | #1,874 |
| 2018 | 71 | 71 | #12,933 | #2,177 |
| 2017 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,752 |
| 2016 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,882 |
| 2015 | 75 | 75 | #12,221 | #2,093 |
| 2014 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,410 |
| 2013 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,029 |
| 2012 | 71 | 71 | — | #1,994 |
| 2011 | 66 | 66 | #17,690 | #2,156 |
| 2010 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,074 |
| 2009 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,832 |
| 2008 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,846 |
| 2007 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,749 |
| 2006 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,554 |
| 2005 | 99 | 99 | #15,131 | #1,529 |
| 2004 | 114 | 114 | #16,991 | #1,345 |
| 2003 | 111 | 111 | #16,607 | #1,311 |
| 2002 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,336 |
| 2001 | 134 | 134 | #16,184 | #1,103 |
| 2000 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,132 |
| 1999 | 160 | 160 | — | #923 |
| 1998 | 143 | 143 | #11,543 | #1,006 |
| 1997 | 169 | — | #14,504 | #859 |
| 1996 | 176 | — | #12,348 | #838 |
| 1995 | 183 | — | #9,015 | #811 |
| 1994 | 209 | — | — | #722 |
| 1993 | 231 | — | #8,265 | #697 |
| 1992 | 258 | — | #12,277 | #652 |
| 1991 | 313 | — | #9,628 | #580 |
| 1990 | 277 | — | #8,078 | #617 |
| 1989 | 297 | — | #11,307 | #569 |
| 1988 | 316 | — | #6,002 | #524 |
| 1987 | 331 | — | #9,099 | #495 |
| 1986 | 337 | — | #7,321 | #482 |
| 1985 | 351 | — | #8,638 | #464 |
| 1984 | 384 | — | #6,986 | #432 |
| 1983 | 386 | — | #5,564 | #423 |
| 1982 | 424 | — | #6,066 | #409 |
| 1981 | 437 | — | #4,050 | #398 |
| 1980 | 463 | — | #5,638 | #380 |
| 1979 | 499 | — | #5,869 | #361 |
| 1978 | 463 | — | #6,086 | #361 |
| 1977 | 536 | — | #5,021 | #342 |
| 1976 | 478 | — | #4,433 | #355 |
| 1975 | 573 | — | #3,824 | #322 |
| 1974 | 587 | — | #3,749 | #316 |
| 1973 | 639 | — | #4,215 | #291 |
| 1972 | 766 | — | #2,840 | #264 |
| 1971 | 903 | — | #2,823 | #254 |
| 1970 | 960 | — | #2,728 | #250 |
| 1969 | 1,050 | — | #4,265 | #225 |
| 1968 | 1,103 | — | #2,179 | #216 |
| 1967 | 1,092 | — | #2,514 | #209 |
| 1966 | 1,157 | — | #3,809 | #205 |
| 1965 | 1,328 | — | #2,696 | #193 |
| 1964 | 1,557 | — | #2,368 | #180 |
| 1963 | 1,585 | — | #2,723 | #191 |
| 1962 | 1,545 | — | #2,126 | #202 |
| 1961 | 1,689 | — | #2,633 | #186 |
| 1960 | 1,830 | — | #1,956 | #174 |
| 1959 | 1,970 | — | #1,859 | #163 |
| 1958 | 1,862 | — | #1,561 | #168 |
| 1957 | 1,876 | — | #1,793 | #169 |
| 1956 | 1,802 | — | #1,537 | #170 |
| 1955 | 1,951 | — | #1,313 | #152 |
| 1954 | 1,963 | — | #1,250 | #151 |
| 1953 | 2,068 | — | #1,229 | #143 |
| 1952 | 2,134 | — | #1,221 | #138 |
| 1951 | 2,305 | — | #1,082 | #126 |
| 1950 | 2,329 | — | #1,027 | #122 |
| 1949 | 2,539 | — | #911 | #119 |
| 1948 | 2,632 | — | #917 | #111 |
| 1947 | 3,008 | — | #822 | #103 |
| 1946 | 2,894 | — | #691 | #98 |
| 1945 | 2,479 | — | #722 | #100 |
| 1944 | 2,709 | — | #733 | #95 |
| 1943 | 2,967 | — | #770 | #89 |
| 1942 | 3,253 | — | #669 | #82 |
| 1941 | 3,150 | — | #823 | #72 |
| 1940 | 3,119 | — | #938 | #70 |
| 1939 | 3,085 | — | #820 | #69 |
| 1938 | 3,224 | — | #814 | #65 |
| 1937 | 3,240 | — | #793 | #61 |
| 1936 | 2,983 | — | #787 | #66 |
| 1935 | 3,006 | — | #825 | #66 |
| 1934 | 2,934 | — | #747 | #67 |
| 1933 | 2,867 | — | #698 | #66 |
| 1932 | 3,069 | — | #608 | #64 |
| 1931 | 2,888 | — | #601 | #64 |
| 1930 | 2,955 | — | #521 | #70 |
| 1929 | 2,971 | — | #535 | #68 |
| 1928 | 3,311 | — | #462 | #62 |
| 1927 | 3,048 | — | #437 | #72 |
| 1926 | 2,361 | — | #408 | #91 |
| 1925 | 1,953 | — | #352 | #112 |
| 1924 | 1,532 | — | #436 | #135 |
| 1923 | 1,387 | — | #468 | #140 |
| 1922 | 1,303 | — | #469 | #144 |
| 1921 | 1,056 | — | #523 | #170 |
| 1920 | 1,014 | — | #477 | #173 |
| 1919 | 836 | — | #543 | #191 |
| 1918 | 813 | — | #583 | #192 |
| 1917 | 716 | — | #501 | #208 |
| 1916 | 636 | — | #622 | #212 |
| 1915 | 633 | — | #533 | #212 |
| 1914 | 461 | — | #534 | #226 |
| 1913 | 324 | — | #588 | #237 |
| 1912 | 241 | — | #681 | #257 |
| 1911 | 147 | — | #644 | #254 |
| 1910 | 123 | — | #758 | #253 |
| 1909 | 120 | — | #629 | #244 |
| 1908 | 98 | — | #894 | #238 |
| 1907 | 89 | — | #766 | #261 |
| 1906 | 88 | — | #733 | #249 |
| 1905 | 68 | — | #749 | #303 |
| 1904 | 81 | — | #739 | #249 |
| 1903 | 77 | — | #582 | #280 |
| 1902 | 66 | — | #676 | #299 |
| 1901 | 54 | — | #671 | #318 |
| 1900 | 74 | — | #710 | #302 |
| 1899 | 37 | — | #853 | #397 |
| 1898 | 44 | — | #777 | #399 |
| 1897 | 30 | — | #1,005 | #445 |
| 1896 | 48 | — | #736 | #359 |
| 1895 | 42 | — | #875 | #350 |
| 1894 | 27 | — | #1,178 | #444 |
| 1893 | 34 | — | #877 | #386 |
| 1892 | 38 | — | #775 | #398 |
| 1891 | 31 | — | #679 | #461 |
| 1890 | 28 | — | #845 | #445 |
| 1889 | 20 | — | #923 | #600 |
| 1888 | 24 | — | #767 | #590 |
| 1887 | 26 | — | #982 | #383 |
| 1886 | 13 | — | — | #523 |
| 1885 | 25 | — | #1,104 | #404 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | — | #583 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | — | #612 |
| 1882 | 21 | — | #767 | #502 |
| 1881 | 12 | — | — | #515 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | — | #771 |