Gen is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “General and generation, descent.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Gen belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “General and generation, descent” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Gen first appears in Social Security records in 1924. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4680 in 1924, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 12 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Gen means “General and generation, descent” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Gen is a girl name.
Gen comes from the Japanese tradition.
Gen first appears in US records in 1924. Its best-ever ranking was #4680 in 1924, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Gen is pronounced /d͡ʒɛn/ (IPA).
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