GENE is ranked as the 276th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 244,632.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 76.72 people named GENE for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named GENE is 76,727.
The SSA data also shows that GENE is used as a boy's name 95% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
GENE is
79.8% White,
3.1% Hispanic origin,
12.6% Black,
2.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name GENE have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name GENE is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
US unisex baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name GENE
The state with the most people named
GENE is
California where
23,002 people have this name.
South Dakota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named GENE, as
202.11 in every 100,000
South Dakotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
South Dakota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name GENE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
10,856
84.28
99.6%
Indiana
7,429
112.62
99.4%
Iowa
3,634
116.96
99.2%
Kansas
4,536
156.19
99.1%
Michigan
5,286
53.34
99.5%
Minnesota
4,860
89.07
99.4%
Missouri
3,251
108.57
99.0%
Nebraska
2,825
150.15
98.7%
North Dakota
1,230
166.38
97.5%
Ohio
9,914
85.51
99.4%
South Dakota
1,724
202.11
98.0%
Wisconsin
4,528
78.64
99.2%
West States
State stats for the first name GENE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
685
92.96
95.3%
Arizona
6,151
91.38
99.2%
California
23,002
59.28
99.7%
Colorado
4,612
86.12
99.1%
Hawaii
861
60.65
98.3%
Idaho
2,256
138.05
98.5%
Montana
1,388
135.65
97.6%
Nevada
2,320
81.73
98.7%
New Mexico
2,118
101.54
98.2%
Oregon
4,596
115.75
99.1%
Utah
2,526
85.83
98.5%
Washington
6,017
85.21
99.5%
Wyoming
951
162.82
97.3%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name GENE
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have GENE as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named GENE.
The most popular full name is GENE Smith.
0.97% of all the people named GENE
have this family name.
There are 20785 last
names associated with this first name.