Eugene

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · #943 for boys in 2025, 249 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1927 · 9,742 births
Debut · boys
328 births
In top 100 · boys
78 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
380,708
since 1880

Eugene over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #20, 1927boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#943249
2024#873276
2023#919251
2022#929248
2021#850279
2020#839272
2019#15,5395#785296
2018#862254
2017#820274
2016#16,2155#790300
2015#826274
2014#790291
2013#770291
2012#735315
2011#16,7645#825263
2010#10,45110#773287
2009#742312
2008#695341
2007#13,9247#677351
2006#654352
2005#14,5026#639340
2004#10,6909#582383
2003#9,67110#576383
2002#13,5956#547405
2001#11,0208#525422
2000#10,7458#503454
1999#472484
1998#11,1387#461487
1997#13,7245#438512
1996#451496
1995#430529
1994#372636
1993#10,5887#369642
1992#7,06712#338716
1991#9,3368#326776
1990#12,9585#312810
1989#7,44910#281885
1988#7,11110#257912
1987#5,61313#254896
1986#6,61210#2311,018
1985#6,45710#232996
1984#4,96614#2141,066
1983#4,28617#2101,100
1982#5,20913#2011,228
1981#4,96314#2121,172
1980#5,24513#1911,287
1979#4,42016#1821,331
1978#5,95810#1751,329
1977#4,06917#1701,395
1976#4,36314#1591,513
1975#3,25921#1601,518
1974#2,83525#1541,601
1973#3,01522#1441,717
1972#3,54317#1451,807
1971#4,12314#1452,059
1970#4,03814#1462,264
1969#4,19812#1312,351
1968#2,48225#1262,365
1967#3,08517#1222,450
1966#2,75220#1162,621
1965#2,74420#1202,714
1964#2,91519#1143,077
1963#2,17230#1123,216
1962#2,92218#1123,304
1961#4,00911#1133,452
1960#2,98917#1093,761
1959#2,59620#1063,890
1958#2,58120#1034,015
1957#3,30913#924,410
1956#2,72518#864,620
1955#2,15625#814,791
1954#2,45020#775,033
1953#2,36320#755,147
1952#1,97826#715,314
1951#2,31419#655,580
1950#2,43617#585,481
1949#1,80728#585,595
1948#2,00823#615,608
1947#1,86327#596,178
1946#1,86024#575,670
1945#1,79522#505,167
1944#1,66125#485,505
1943#1,99419#475,902
1942#1,43832#456,092
1941#1,44629#425,754
1940#1,34731#385,804
1939#1,14940#375,869
1938#1,31631#336,112
1937#1,30331#335,999
1936#1,08142#296,376
1935#1,21934#266,859
1934#1,04744#247,145
1933#1,05044#237,352
1932#87563#228,046
1931#89959#218,151
1930#76185#219,029
1929#86168#209,046
1928#83175#209,708
1927#78685#209,742
1926#85475#239,016
1925#1,00855#248,517
1924#92068#258,346
1923#97658#257,947
1922#1,14445#257,849
1921#98757#267,717
1920#1,06249#306,867
1919#1,05747#335,892
1918#1,16541#355,631
1917#1,11041#394,873
1916#1,21035#394,646
1915#1,43925#414,321
1914#1,14728#433,211
1913#1,22921#432,525
1912#1,71911#412,114
1911#1,30013#431,060
1910#1,33512#39888
1909#1,10414#43724
1908#1,00416#42689
1907#1,20611#41691
1906#1,9515#39637
1905#1,4208#42593
1904#1,3648#44541
1903#1,2049#44478
1902#1,7935#44524
1901#1,2278#44445
1900#1,3199#45587
1899#45449
1898#1,09810#49473
1897#93112#49447
1896#1,1229#45507
1895#1,05310#50430
1894#1,0619#52421
1893#1,4375#53392
1892#1,1717#53414
1891#48362
1890#46408
1889#83910#52369
1888#53398
1887#1,1475#53327
1886#1,1085#51362
1885#51345
1884#59321
1883#8176#51325
1882#52341
1881#8305#48314
1880#53328
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Eugene was already there! It came in at #53, and was given to 328 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2005–2025, when fewer than 360 boys a year got the name.

See more about Eugene
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 70 spots since 2024 (#873#943)
  • 104 spots since 2020 (#839#943)
  • 117 spots since 2015 (#826#943)
  • Biggest jump: 90 spots in 2012 (#825#735)
  • Biggest drop: 79 spots in 2022 (#850#929)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1927 at #20 (9,742 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 78 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 114
  • Highest: 1 in 114 boys born in 1928 were named Eugene (0.88%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,860 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #20 in 1927, was only 1 in 116 (0.86%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.3% of all boys named Eugene (84,755) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,430#48 (1881)#52
1890s4,303#45 (1896)#49
1900s5,909#39 (1906)#43
1910s35,161#33 (1919)#40
1920s84,755#20 (1927)#24
1930s70,938#21 (1930)#27
1940s57,275#38 (1940)#51
1950s48,281#58 (1950)#81
1960s29,311#109 (1960)#118
1970s16,534#144 (1973)#158
1980s10,560#191 (1980)#228
1990s6,088#312 (1990)#397
2000s3,743#503 (2000)#614
2010s2,845#735 (2012)#798
2020s1,575#839 (2020)#892

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.

Eugene in 1962

girls
#2,922
18 births · 1 in 109,256 girls
boys
#112
3,304 births · 1 in 626 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #2,922Eugene18

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #112Eugene3,304
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 109,256 of them was named Eugene, which outranked 61.5% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eugene
  1. #2,814Willetta19
  2. #2,814Yvetta19
  3. #2,814Zola19
  4. #2,922Eugene18
  5. #2,922Alayne18
  6. #2,922Alpha18
  7. #2,922Alvin18
  8. #3,033Abbey17
  9. #3,033Adell17
  10. #3,033Adonna17

Tied with 110 names at #2,922; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 1,281Tiffany#2,070#789
  2. 879Whitney#1,627#748
  3. 541Zina#1,533#992
  4. 414Glynis#1,406#992
  5. 408Lolita#978#570
Fallers
  1. 300Fern#821#1,121
  2. 259Jacklyn#815#1,074
  3. 255Dorthy#929#1,184
  4. 224Laurene#943#1,167
  5. 215Jimmie#911#1,126

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

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 626 of them was named Eugene, which outranked 97.6% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eugene
  1. #109Tommy3,415
  2. #110Rick3,410
  3. #111Tracy3,337
  4. #112Eugene3,304
  5. #113Joel3,298
  6. #114Howard3,277
  7. #115Lee3,263
Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 490Ritchie#1,262#772
  2. 353King#1,349#996
  3. 338Arlie#1,322#984
  4. 250Robb#1,052#802
  5. 243Pernell#928#685
Fallers
  1. 351Mariano#928#1,279
  2. 349Michal#910#1,259
  3. 337Loran#958#1,295
  4. 292Sid#967#1,259
  5. 275Lorenza#940#1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962