NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Gen Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Gen: every year it appeared on the national list since 1969, with 67 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
67
Peak year
1995 #7266
Years on the list
12
10-year trend
+33.3%

In the 1990s ·

Popularity history

1969–2006

YearBirthsRank
19695#4620
19745#5490
19816#5753
19846#5834
19875#7347
19905#8577
19957#7266
19975#9771
20007#8497
20026#9788
20055#12036
20065#12678

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1995

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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