girls:
665 births since 1912
#5051 (12th percentile)
boys:
747 births since 1900
#3840 (16th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1900
#6332 (18th percentile)
The name Lugene is the #6,332 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,412 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 18.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,840 (16.2% percentile) for all time with 747 births since 1900. For girls, it ranks #5,051 (11.6% percentile) for all time with 665 births since 1912.
Lugene first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for boys and 1912 for girls). Birth data for Lugene is available in 66 out of the 83 years between 1900 and 1982 (64 years for boys and 45 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 Lugene is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 1982, 100.0% of babies named Lugene were boys.
For boys, Lugene reached its peak popularity in 1949, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #570) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1909, with 34 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1982.
For girls, Lugene reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 9.1% percentile (ranked #679) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 35 births per million (ranked 9.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1966.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lugene".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lugene. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.1% confident that Lugene is pronounced as lue-JEEN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LUE-jeen, at 42.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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