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
- Peak · boys
- 1927 · 9,742 births
- Debut · boys
- 328 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 78 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 380,708since 1880
Eugene over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #943 | 249 | |
| 2024 | — | #873 | 276 | |
| 2023 | — | #919 | 251 | |
| 2022 | — | #929 | 248 | |
| 2021 | — | #850 | 279 | |
| 2020 | — | #839 | 272 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #785 | 296 |
| 2018 | — | #862 | 254 | |
| 2017 | — | #820 | 274 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #790 | 300 |
| 2015 | — | #826 | 274 | |
| 2014 | — | #790 | 291 | |
| 2013 | — | #770 | 291 | |
| 2012 | — | #735 | 315 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #825 | 263 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #773 | 287 |
| 2009 | — | #742 | 312 | |
| 2008 | — | #695 | 341 | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #677 | 351 |
| 2006 | — | #654 | 352 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #639 | 340 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #582 | 383 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #576 | 383 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #547 | 405 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #525 | 422 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #503 | 454 |
| 1999 | — | #472 | 484 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #461 | 487 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #438 | 512 |
| 1996 | — | #451 | 496 | |
| 1995 | — | #430 | 529 | |
| 1994 | — | #372 | 636 | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #369 | 642 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #338 | 716 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #326 | 776 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #312 | 810 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #281 | 885 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #257 | 912 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #254 | 896 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #231 | 1,018 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #232 | 996 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #214 | 1,066 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #210 | 1,100 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #201 | 1,228 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #212 | 1,172 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #191 | 1,287 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #182 | 1,331 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #175 | 1,329 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | #170 | 1,395 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #159 | 1,513 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #160 | 1,518 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 | #154 | 1,601 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 | #144 | 1,717 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #145 | 1,807 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | #145 | 2,059 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | #146 | 2,264 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #131 | 2,351 |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 | #126 | 2,365 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #122 | 2,450 |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | #116 | 2,621 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #120 | 2,714 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 | #114 | 3,077 |
| 1963 | #2,172 | 30 | #112 | 3,216 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #112 | 3,304 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #113 | 3,452 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | #109 | 3,761 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | #106 | 3,890 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 | #103 | 4,015 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #92 | 4,410 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | #86 | 4,620 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | #81 | 4,791 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | #77 | 5,033 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | #75 | 5,147 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 | #71 | 5,314 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | #65 | 5,580 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #58 | 5,481 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 | #58 | 5,595 |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 | #61 | 5,608 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | #59 | 6,178 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 | #57 | 5,670 |
| 1945 | #1,795 | 22 | #50 | 5,167 |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 | #48 | 5,505 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | #47 | 5,902 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 | #45 | 6,092 |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 29 | #42 | 5,754 |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | #38 | 5,804 |
| 1939 | #1,149 | 40 | #37 | 5,869 |
| 1938 | #1,316 | 31 | #33 | 6,112 |
| 1937 | #1,303 | 31 | #33 | 5,999 |
| 1936 | #1,081 | 42 | #29 | 6,376 |
| 1935 | #1,219 | 34 | #26 | 6,859 |
| 1934 | #1,047 | 44 | #24 | 7,145 |
| 1933 | #1,050 | 44 | #23 | 7,352 |
| 1932 | #875 | 63 | #22 | 8,046 |
| 1931 | #899 | 59 | #21 | 8,151 |
| 1930 | #761 | 85 | #21 | 9,029 |
| 1929 | #861 | 68 | #20 | 9,046 |
| 1928 | #831 | 75 | #20 | 9,708 |
| 1927 | #786 | 85 | #20 | 9,742 |
| 1926 | #854 | 75 | #23 | 9,016 |
| 1925 | #1,008 | 55 | #24 | 8,517 |
| 1924 | #920 | 68 | #25 | 8,346 |
| 1923 | #976 | 58 | #25 | 7,947 |
| 1922 | #1,144 | 45 | #25 | 7,849 |
| 1921 | #987 | 57 | #26 | 7,717 |
| 1920 | #1,062 | 49 | #30 | 6,867 |
| 1919 | #1,057 | 47 | #33 | 5,892 |
| 1918 | #1,165 | 41 | #35 | 5,631 |
| 1917 | #1,110 | 41 | #39 | 4,873 |
| 1916 | #1,210 | 35 | #39 | 4,646 |
| 1915 | #1,439 | 25 | #41 | 4,321 |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 | #43 | 3,211 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 | #43 | 2,525 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #41 | 2,114 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | #43 | 1,060 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | #39 | 888 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 | #43 | 724 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 | #42 | 689 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | #41 | 691 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #39 | 637 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | #42 | 593 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | #44 | 541 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #44 | 478 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #44 | 524 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | #44 | 445 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | #45 | 587 |
| 1899 | — | #45 | 449 | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | #49 | 473 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | #49 | 447 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | #45 | 507 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 | #50 | 430 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | #52 | 421 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #53 | 392 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | #53 | 414 |
| 1891 | — | #48 | 362 | |
| 1890 | — | #46 | 408 | |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 | #52 | 369 |
| 1888 | — | #53 | 398 | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | #53 | 327 |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | #51 | 362 |
| 1885 | — | #51 | 345 | |
| 1884 | — | #59 | 321 | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | #51 | 325 |
| 1882 | — | #52 | 341 | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | #48 | 314 |
| 1880 | — | #53 | 328 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1927 at #20 (9,742 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 28 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 22.3% of all boys named Eugene (84,755) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,430 | #48 (1881) | #52 |
| 1890s | 4,303 | #45 (1896) | #49 |
| 1900s | 5,909 | #39 (1906) | #43 |
| 1910s | 35,161 | #33 (1919) | #40 |
| 1920s | 84,755 | #20 (1927) | #24 |
| 1930s | 70,938 | #21 (1930) | #27 |
| 1940s | 57,275 | #38 (1940) | #51 |
| 1950s | 48,281 | #58 (1950) | #81 |
| 1960s | 29,311 | #109 (1960) | #118 |
| 1970s | 16,534 | #144 (1973) | #158 |
| 1980s | 10,560 | #191 (1980) | #228 |
| 1990s | 6,088 | #312 (1990) | #397 |
| 2000s | 3,743 | #503 (2000) | #614 |
| 2010s | 2,845 | #735 (2012) | #798 |
| 2020s | 1,575 | #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 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 379,709 of them was named Eugene, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 2,536 of them was named Eugene, which outranked 96.7% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.