Gee

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265
Given to boys 79.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1885 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
64
since 1880

Gee over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,243, 1948peak #765, 1885girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1997#9,2655
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1992#6,1288
1991#11,5096
1990#11,4096
1989#6,9416
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1948#5,2435
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1925#4,1975
1924#4,3475
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1920#3,8156
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1913#2,8215
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1885#7657
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1882#8376
1881#7816
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Gee was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Gee
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
  • Biggest jump: 128 spots in 1881 (#909#781)
  • Biggest drop: 56 spots in 1882 (#781#837)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #765 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1880–1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,400
  • Highest: 1 in 15,400 boys born in 1885 were named Gee (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 377,028 boys born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1880s
  • 37.5% of all boys named Gee (24) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1992
  • Mostly girls until 1991, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#765 (1885)#823
1890s0
1900s0
1910s5#2,821 (1913)#2,821
1920s16#3,815 (1920)#4,120
1930s0
1940s0
1950s0
1960s0
1970s0
1980s6#6,941 (1989)#6,941
1990s13#6,128 (1992)#7,697

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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