girls:
12 births since 1924
#5704 (0th percentile)
boys:
62 births since 1969
#4524 (1st percentile)
overall:
74 births since 1924
#7665 (1st percentile)
The name Gen is the #7,665 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 74 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,524 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 62 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,704 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1924.
Gen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Gen is available in 13 out of the 83 years between 1924 and 2006 (11 years for boys and 2 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Gen has been given predominantly to boys, with 83.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2006, 100.0% of babies named Gen were boys. Interestingly, until around 1969, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1924 to 1968), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1969 to 2006).
For boys, Gen reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #798) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.
For girls, Gen reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #609) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1924, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1959.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gen".
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