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How popular is the name Gene?
Births per year, rank history and how many Genes are alive today.
Gene (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 668th in 2025 with 54 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Gene you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Genes born in England and Wales are between 5 and 18, and there are at least 870 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Gene - on average, only one in every 349 such rooms contains a Gene.
How many babies are named Gene each year?
Where does Gene rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Gene most popular?
Gene peaked in 2025, when 54 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Gene?
At least 870 people named Gene born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Gene?
Most living Genes are between 5 and 18; the most common age is about 2.
Is Gene becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.