Lugene
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lugene has been given to 1,412 babies in the U.S. since 1900. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1947, with 21 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 53% boys, 47% girls all-time.
Babies named Lugene, 1982
1 in 438,000
Lugene over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Lugene over time
In 1982, Lugene went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Lugene?
Lugene had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1982, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1982
- 1 in 438,000
- 8 of 3,507,638 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 227,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1982
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 303,915 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lugene sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1982 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 303,915 children born in 1982 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lugene. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lugenes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lugene was born before 1944 — so the typical Lugene is around 81 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1940s
- 21.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 22.2%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 282
- People you could plausibly meet
1940s — 21.7% of all recorded uses (162).
Is Lugene rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1947 (21)
- Years since peak
- 78
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.7% average annual change
Spellings of Lugene
Lugene is not the most common spelling — Eugene is, with 71.0% against Lugene's 0.14%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Lugene is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Lugene was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 233,658 across all states with data. It was least common in Louisiana (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in 100,000
- 2Mississippi1 in 100,000
- 3Georgia1 in —
- 4Louisiana1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lugene has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Lugene is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Lugene was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 299,424 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
- 2New York1 in —
- 3Ohio1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lugene has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Lugene by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Lugene
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Lugene
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.