Eugenia

#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · Last seen for boys in 1973 at #5,101
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 73 births
Debut · girls
40 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
29,929
since 1880

Eugenia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Eugenia has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #190, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,77861
2024#3,75840
2023#2,85259
2022#2,95656
2021#3,33947
2020#3,09151
2019#2,85658
2018#3,43845
2017#3,99637
2016#3,77740
2015#4,06936
2014#3,18451
2013#3,77840
2012#4,29634
2011#4,68130
2010#3,74541
2009#3,87040
2008#3,77942
2007#3,53146
2006#3,99237
2005#4,02935
2004#3,22447
2003#3,41242
2002#4,07131
2001#2,70055
2000#2,30667
1999#2,67552
1998#2,49855
1997#2,32857
1996#2,05867
1995#1,98269
1994#1,86276
1993#2,06866
1992#1,64392
1991#1,517102
1990#1,265129
1989#1,277123
1988#1,58782
1987#1,280109
1986#1,080139
1985#1,096132
1984#963150
1983#898168
1982#898169
1981#877174
1980#851183
1979#836186
1978#757203
1977#806186
1976#780183
1975#660230
1974#639239
1973#705210#5,1015
1972#610257
1971#547329
1970#550337
1969#582290
1968#587266#4,1365
1967#526323
1966#547298
1965#499362
1964#507374
1963#512361
1962#507365
1961#545329
1960#516349
1959#550312
1958#541323
1957#510350
1956#518327
1955#479357
1954#475351
1953#470329
1952#483303
1951#440360
1950#433350
1949#456309
1948#463298
1947#427365
1946#469279
1945#418291
1944#406310
1943#418308
1942#396325
1941#420268
1940#431250
1939#430246
1938#436236
1937#396268
1936#398254
1935#387271
1934#400264
1933#376291
1932#342342
1931#350331
1930#363341
1929#324399
1928#330407
1927#310462#4,2105
1926#299496
1925#307464
1924#281551
1923#269571
1922#290507
1921#273606
1920#271584
1919#260606
1918#271561
1917#276494
1916#262536
1915#260506
1914#272367
1913#263310
1912#276266
1911#262219
1910#299168
1909#312137
1908#309131
1907#333110
1906#316111
1905#312116
1904#303113
1903#312100
1902#33289
1901#32287
1900#316112
1899#275109
1898#32891
1897#29596
1896#29399
1895#31883
1894#29685
1893#30082
1892#28291
1891#27183
1890#27383
1889#26978
1888#27770
1887#26663
1886#24571
1885#24268
1884#29542
1883#26148
1882#19073
1881#25140
1880#24740
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Eugenia was already there! It came in at #247, and was given to 40 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2008–2013, when fewer than 43 girls a year got the name.

See more about Eugenia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 980 spots since 2024 (#3,758#2,778)
  • 313 spots since 2020 (#3,091#2,778)
  • 1,291 spots since 2015 (#4,069#2,778)
  • Biggest jump: 66 spots in 1974 (#705#639)
  • Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1985 (#963#1,096)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #190 (73 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 120 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 105 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1880–1984
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,477
  • Highest: 1 in 1,477 girls born in 1882 were named Eugenia (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 26,349 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.9% of all girls named Eugenia (5,047) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s593#190 (1882)#254
1890s902#271 (1891)#293
1900s1,106#303 (1904)#317
1910s4,033#260 (1919)#270
1920s5,047#269 (1923)#295
1930s2,844#342 (1932)#388
1940s3,003#396 (1942)#430
1950s3,362#433 (1950)#490
1960s3,317#499 (1965)#533
1970s2,360#547 (1971)#689
1980s1,429#851 (1980)#1,081
1990s765#1,265 (1990)#1,990
2000s442#2,306 (2000)#3,491
2010s412#2,856 (2019)#3,782
2020s314#2,778 (2025)#3,129

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Eugenia in 1927

girls
#310
462 births · 1 in 2,581 girls
boys
#4,210
5 births · 1 in 225,383 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #310Eugenia462

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #4,210Eugenia5
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 2,581 of them was named Eugenia, which outranked 94.5% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eugenia
  1. #307Earline470
  2. #308Elma465
  3. #309Aileen463
  4. #310Eugenia462
  5. #311Lenore459
  6. #311Nannie459
  7. #311Rosetta459
Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 225,383 of them was named Eugenia, which outranked 12.3% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eugenia
  1. #3,780Zearl6
  2. #3,780Zebbie6
  3. #3,780Zolton6
  4. #4,210Eugenia5
  5. #4,210Adair5
  6. #4,210Adams5
  7. #4,210Adin5

Tied with 592 names at #4,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 1,863Lindbergh#2,436#573
  2. 966Lindy#1,353#387
  3. 601Sonny#1,565#964
  4. 467Akira#1,404#937
  5. 442Maria#1,432#990
Fallers
  1. 684Minoru#963#1,647
  2. 611Reno#825#1,436
  3. 406Hurley#916#1,322
  4. 356Adelbert#842#1,198
  5. 330Gardner#963#1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927