Elgene — unisex name

What the Data Says About Elgene

The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Elgene between 1918 and 1937, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elgene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Elgene is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 48 additional births since 1927.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elgene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Elgene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elgene in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 70 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.