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Eugene

Means “well born”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #826, 2016: #790, 2017: #820, 2018: #862, 2019: #785, 2020: #839, 2021: #850, 2022: #929, 2023: #919, 2024: #873, 2025: #9431 in 6,860 boys in the US, 2025#943 · falling · was #826 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,279, 2016: #1,431, 2017: #1,546, 2018: #1,533, 2019: #1,655, 2020: #1,548, 2021: #1,290, 2022: #1,609, 2023: #1,533, 2024: #1,517, 2025: #2,9521 in 38,848 boys in E&W, 2025#2,952 · falling · was #1,279 in 2015

Boy’s name · Greek · /ˈjuː.d͡ʒin/

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What Eugene means

Means “well born”

Borrowed from French Eugène, from Latin Eugenius, from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios, “well born”), from εὖ (eû, “good, well”) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs, “born a certain way”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Eugene” (revision 93759845), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Eugene?

US 2025
#943
249 babies
▼ 70 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2952
7 babies
▼ 1435 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #826 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1279 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (1928)

Biggest US share so far: 1928, when 9,708 boys got the name (#20 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 6,860 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 38,848 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ID (0.7 per 1,000 boys), KS (0.43 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.37 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Eugene is #943 in the US and #2952 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#9432491 in 6,860#826
England & Wales#295271 in 38,848#1279
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Eugene were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250249
England & Wales 202507
US all years since 18802,632380,708
England & Wales since 19960538

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

UK/ˈjuː.d͡ʒin/
US/juˈd͡ʒin/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Eugene

Boys

  • Philip#527“fond of horses”
  • Peter#187“stone, rock”
  • Stephen#383“crown, wreath”
  • Phillip#651Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 6,047 babies; 425 in 2025
  • Gregory#593“watchful, vigilant”
  • Timothy#203“to honour + god”

For a sister

  • Teresa#908Editor’s note Down from #664 in 2015 to #908 in 2025 in the US
  • Melissa#419“bee, honey, or honeybee”
  • Veronica#427Form of Berenice, meaning “bringer of victory”
  • Cassandra#630Editor’s note Down from #512 in 2015 to #630 in 2025 in the US
  • Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”
  • Christina#770Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 16,600 babies; 352 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Eugene’s. Rank is US 2025.

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