Gen — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gen

The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Gen between 1969 and 2006, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Gen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 1924.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Gen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gen 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 67 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.