Lugene

Last seen for girls in 1966 at #6,564 · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #4,593
Given to boys 52.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1909 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
747
since 1900

Lugene over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #1,222, 1956peak #1,277, 1909girlsboys
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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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1982#4,5938
1981#4,9617
1980#4,4958
1979#4,8427
1978#5,0596
1977#5,1236
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1973#4,0547
1972#4,9865
1971
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1969#3,3148
1968
1967#2,7609
1966#6,5645#2,9868
1965#3,5376
1964#2,8549
1963#5,2967#3,3187
1962#4,01111#2,27913
1961#4,8828#2,40912
1960#2,43224#2,31513
1959#2,59620#2,8219
1958#2,20926#1,89618
1957#1,65242#1,83719
1956#1,22273#2,9698
1955#1,24666#2,13914
1954#1,25662#1,82618
1953#1,83430#2,03815
1952#1,85617
1951#3,0667
1950#3,42310#1,74618
1949#1,61621
1948#1,75818
1947#5,2955#1,64621
1946#4,4176#2,03013
1945#2,74211#2,00912
1944#1,68317
1943#2,86111#1,98614
1942#4,6225#1,73017
1941#3,5597#1,82115
1940#3,8636#1,89414
1939#3,4297#2,28810
1938#3,1818#1,90114
1937#2,31713#2,08812
1936#3,7016#2,30110
1935#2,9269#2,9517
1934#3,1598#2,39310
1933#2,68810#2,21411
1932#3,5687#1,77717
1931#3,8486#2,10113
1930#4,5505#2,17813
1929#2,43713#2,00215
1928#2,09417#1,96016
1927#3,05310#2,29813
1926#2,25716#1,98116
1925#4,0287#2,08915
1924#2,66113#2,47312
1923#3,9717#2,61411
1922#2,48612
1921#2,94111#2,50212
1920#2,73112#2,9679
1919#2,06315
1918#3,8697#3,7286
1917
1916#4,4175#2,25912
1915#3,4347#3,3926
1914#2,26510#3,2645
1913#2,03410
1912#2,6346
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1909#1,2776
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Lugene! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Lugene is popular in 1956

No state had 5 or more boys named Lugene in 1956, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Lugene
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1909 at #1,277 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1910, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 27,333
  • Highest: 1 in 27,333 boys born in 1909 were named Lugene (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 226,806 boys born in 1982 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 21.7% of all boys named Lugene (162) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1964
  • Mostly girls until 1963, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s11#1,277 (1909)#1,294
1910s44#2,063 (1919)#2,941
1920s131#1,960 (1928)#2,337
1930s117#1,777 (1932)#2,219
1940s162#1,616 (1949)#1,817
1950s143#1,746 (1950)#2,219
1960s85#2,279 (1962)#2,864
1970s31#4,054 (1973)#4,813
1980s23#4,495 (1980)#4,683

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.

Lugene in 1956

girls
#1,222
73 births · 1 in 27,503 girls
boys
#2,969
8 births · 1 in 264,413 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #1,222Lugene73

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #2,969Lugene8
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 27,503 of them was named Lugene, which outranked 82.3% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lugene
  1. #1,210Sherilyn74
  2. #1,210Stefanie74
  3. #1,210Vonnie74
  4. #1,222Lugene73
  5. #1,222Antonette73
  6. #1,222Manuela73
  7. #1,222Nicolette73
  8. #1,228Chrystal72
  9. #1,228Cyndi72
  10. #1,228Kenneth72

Tied with 5 names at #1,222; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 264,413 of them was named Lugene, which outranked 33.4% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lugene
  1. #2,798Wray9
  2. #2,798Yogi9
  3. #2,798Zeke9
  4. #2,969Lugene8
  5. #2,969Abelino8
  6. #2,969Agustine8
  7. #2,969Ahmed8
  8. #3,216Abron7
  9. #3,216Adelbert7
  10. #3,216Admiral7

Tied with 246 names at #2,969; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956