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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #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 1937

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Eugene, so not publishedAKMaine: #28 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 126 boysMEVermont: #45 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 186 boysVTNew Hampshire: #39 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 168 boysNHWashington: #57 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 254 boysWAIdaho: #45 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 175 boysIDMontana: #33 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 144 boysMTNorth Dakota: #17 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 75 boysNDMinnesota: #21 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 99 boysMNIllinois: #34 for boys · 325 births · 1 in 166 boysILWisconsin: #18 for boys · 252 births · 1 in 95 boysWIMichigan: #35 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 173 boysMINew York: #36 for boys · 535 births · 1 in 160 boysNYMassachusetts: #41 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 227 boysMARhode Island: #38 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 180 boysRIOregon: #43 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 177 boysORNevada: #31 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 85 boysNVWyoming: #62 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 238 boysWYSouth Dakota: #27 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 116 boysSDIowa: #28 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 138 boysIAIndiana: #40 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 219 boysINOhio: #32 for boys · 298 births · 1 in 168 boysOHPennsylvania: #28 for boys · 518 births · 1 in 142 boysPANew Jersey: #30 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 155 boysNJConnecticut: #35 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 163 boysCTCalifornia: #43 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 204 boysCAUtah: #48 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 222 boysUTColorado: #31 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 155 boysCONebraska: #30 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 135 boysNEMissouri: #35 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 177 boysMOKentucky: #33 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 180 boysKYWest Virginia: #36 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 177 boysWVVirginia: #36 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 171 boysVAMaryland: #35 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 175 boysMDDelaware: #28 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 138 boysDEArizona: #75 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 283 boysAZNew Mexico: #58 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 230 boysNMKansas: #48 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 207 boysKSArkansas: #35 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 187 boysARTennessee: #35 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 179 boysTNNorth Carolina: #36 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 186 boysNCSouth Carolina: #28 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 147 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #24 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 141 boysDCOklahoma: #53 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 264 boysOKLouisiana: #38 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 175 boysLAMississippi: #30 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 148 boysMSAlabama: #33 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 176 boysALGeorgia: #26 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 135 boysGAHawaii: #31 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 110 boysHITexas: #70 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 357 boysTXFlorida: #30 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 138 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#17 · 1 in 75
  2. Wisconsin#18 · 1 in 95
  3. Minnesota#21 · 1 in 99
  4. District of Columbia#24 · 1 in 141
  5. Georgia#26 · 1 in 135

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#17721 in 75
Wisconsin#182521 in 95
Minnesota#212131 in 99
District of Columbia#24351 in 141
Georgia#262161 in 135
South Dakota#27411 in 116
Delaware#28121 in 138
Iowa#281401 in 138
Maine#28491 in 126
Pennsylvania#285181 in 142
South Carolina#281311 in 147
Florida#30931 in 138
Mississippi#301401 in 148
Nebraska#30721 in 135
New Jersey#301591 in 155
Colorado#31581 in 155
Hawaii#31281 in 110
Nevada#3161 in 85
Ohio#322981 in 168
Alabama#331571 in 176
Kentucky#331431 in 180
Montana#33291 in 144
Illinois#343251 in 166
Arkansas#35941 in 187
Connecticut#35611 in 163
Maryland#35671 in 175
Michigan#352421 in 173
Missouri#351501 in 177
Tennessee#351441 in 179
New York#365351 in 160
North Carolina#361881 in 186
Virginia#361291 in 171
West Virginia#361051 in 177
Louisiana#381151 in 175
Rhode Island#38241 in 180
New Hampshire#39181 in 168
Indiana#401161 in 219
Massachusetts#411251 in 227
California#432121 in 204
Oregon#43371 in 177
Idaho#45241 in 175
Vermont#45131 in 186
Kansas#48631 in 207
Utah#48231 in 222
Oklahoma#53761 in 264
Washington#57431 in 254
New Mexico#58241 in 230
Wyoming#6271 in 238
Texas#701591 in 357
Arizona#75161 in 283
Alaska———

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 1937

girls
#1,303
31 births · 1 in 34,324 girls
boys
#33
5,999 births · 1 in 178 boys

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #1,303Eugene31

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #33Eugene5,999
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 34,324 of them was named Eugene, which outranked 73.6% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eugene
  1. #1,282Tamara32
  2. #1,282Tiny32
  3. #1,282Vilma32
  4. #1,303Eugene31
  5. #1,303Annabell31
  6. #1,303Ardeth31
  7. #1,303Aretha31
  8. #1,330Alease30
  9. #1,330Annabel30
  10. #1,330Annalee30

Tied with 26 names at #1,303; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,217Noreta#4,181 → #964
  2. ↑ 2,845Noretta#3,701 → #856
  3. ↑ 2,351Leilani#3,103 → #752
  4. ↑ 1,407Deann#2,263 → #856
  5. ↑ 1,209Norita#1,741 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 438Dorla#951 → #1,389
  2. ↓ 331Vilma#951 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 303Imelda#979 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 297Lulu#695 → #992
  5. ↓ 292Lyda#840 → #1,132

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

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 178 of them was named Eugene, which outranked 99.2% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eugene
  1. #30Henry6,668
  2. #31Arthur6,321
  3. #32Willie6,231
  4. #33Eugene5,999
  5. #34Ralph5,923
  6. #35Fred5,738
  7. #36Roger5,713
Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,923Tyrone#2,629 → #706
  2. ↑ 558Lamont#1,540 → #982
  3. ↑ 540Lary#1,540 → #1,000
  4. ↑ 416Errol#906 → #490
  5. ↑ 399Levon#1,356 → #957
Fallers
  1. ↓ 492Gaston#989 → #1,481
  2. ↓ 461Gorden#827 → #1,288
  3. ↓ 432Sergio#940 → #1,372
  4. ↓ 371Landon#422 → #793
  5. ↓ 347Harlen#747 → #1,094

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

See the top 100 for 1937 →