Is Lugene a boy or girl name?

Lugene is a unisex name. Of the 1,412 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 47.1% were girls and 52.9% were boys. It changed hands in 1953, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Lugene

Recorded 1900–1982 · United States

Lugene was most popular in 1956, when 81 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,921 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,412 people named Lugene.

Lugene over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lugene’s peak in 1956. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lugene a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lugene is a unisex name — 47.1% of the 1,412 Americans given it were girls and 52.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 1953 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Lugene

Where Lugene is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Pennsylvania 6.8×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org