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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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.

Where Eugene is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Eugene, so not publishedAKMaine: #27 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 106 boysMEVermont: #44 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 166 boysVTNew Hampshire: #59 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 308 boysNHWashington: #45 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 180 boysWAIdaho: #64 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 232 boysIDMontana: #31 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 126 boysMTNorth Dakota: #11 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 62 boysNDMinnesota: #17 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 93 boysMNIllinois: #22 for boys · 419 births · 1 in 121 boysILWisconsin: #14 for boys · 315 births · 1 in 73 boysWIMichigan: #21 for boys · 311 births · 1 in 120 boysMINew York: #27 for boys · 660 births · 1 in 127 boysNYMassachusetts: #39 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 188 boysMARhode Island: #27 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 104 boysRIOregon: #49 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 215 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Eugene, so not publishedNVWyoming: #22 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 90 boysWYSouth Dakota: #22 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 97 boysSDIowa: #27 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 125 boysIAIndiana: #29 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 153 boysINOhio: #25 for boys · 339 births · 1 in 135 boysOHPennsylvania: #25 for boys · 596 births · 1 in 119 boysPANew Jersey: #29 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 139 boysNJConnecticut: #29 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 121 boysCTCalifornia: #45 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 187 boysCAUtah: #70 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 250 boysUTColorado: #48 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 197 boysCONebraska: #27 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 118 boysNEMissouri: #25 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 124 boysMOKentucky: #24 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 135 boysKYWest Virginia: #25 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 123 boysWVVirginia: #35 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 179 boysVAMaryland: #33 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 152 boysMDDelaware: #20 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 83 boysDEArizona: #72 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 253 boysAZNew Mexico: #79 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 298 boysNMKansas: #39 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 168 boysKSArkansas: #26 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 149 boysARTennessee: #32 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 145 boysTNNorth Carolina: #35 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 169 boysNCSouth Carolina: #32 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 157 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #19 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 111 boysDCOklahoma: #37 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 173 boysOKLouisiana: #40 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 184 boysLAMississippi: #30 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 157 boysMSAlabama: #35 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 166 boysALGeorgia: #11 for boys · 390 births · 1 in 74 boysGAHawaii: #44 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 154 boysHITexas: #44 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 236 boysTXFlorida: #23 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 122 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#11 · 1 in 62
  2. Georgia#11 · 1 in 74
  3. Wisconsin#14 · 1 in 73
  4. Minnesota#17 · 1 in 93
  5. District of Columbia#19 · 1 in 111

Best ever in a state: #9 in Wisconsin, 1928.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#113901 in 74
North Dakota#11951 in 62
Wisconsin#143151 in 73
Minnesota#172141 in 93
District of Columbia#19341 in 111
Delaware#20171 in 83
Michigan#213111 in 120
Illinois#224191 in 121
South Dakota#22551 in 97
Wyoming#22171 in 90
Florida#23961 in 122
Kentucky#241961 in 135
Missouri#252211 in 124
Ohio#253391 in 135
Pennsylvania#255961 in 119
West Virginia#251451 in 123
Arkansas#261211 in 149
Iowa#271521 in 125
Maine#27591 in 106
Nebraska#27911 in 118
New York#276601 in 127
Rhode Island#27411 in 104
Connecticut#29791 in 121
Indiana#291501 in 153
New Jersey#291721 in 139
Mississippi#301251 in 157
Montana#31311 in 126
South Carolina#321231 in 157
Tennessee#321761 in 145
Maryland#33741 in 152
Alabama#351671 in 166
North Carolina#352041 in 169
Virginia#351221 in 179
Oklahoma#371311 in 173
Kansas#39821 in 168
Massachusetts#391511 in 188
Louisiana#401031 in 184
Hawaii#44201 in 154
Texas#442471 in 236
Vermont#44141 in 166
California#451901 in 187
Washington#45531 in 180
Colorado#48411 in 197
Oregon#49251 in 215
New Hampshire#59101 in 308
Idaho#64161 in 232
Utah#70191 in 250
Arizona#72151 in 253
New Mexico#79161 in 298
Alaska———
Nevada———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1934

girls
#1,047
44 births · 1 in 23,732 girls
boys
#24
7,145 births · 1 in 145 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #1,047Eugene44

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #24Eugene7,145
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 23,732 of them was named Eugene, which outranked 78.9% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eugene
  1. #1,035Sabra45
  2. #1,035Sudie45
  3. #1,035Verdell45
  4. #1,047Eugene44
  5. #1,047Arletta44
  6. #1,047Arlys44
  7. #1,047Bulah44
  8. #1,062Albina43
  9. #1,062Amparo43
  10. #1,062Jack43

Tied with 14 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 145 of them was named Eugene, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eugene
  1. #21Walter8,092
  2. #22Gerald7,816
  3. #23Bobby7,532
  4. #24Eugene7,145
  5. #25Jerry7,134
  6. #26Joe7,090
  7. #27Henry6,735
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →