Eugene — #868 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Eugene

The Social Security Administration has registered 380,453 babies named Eugene between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eugene currently holds the #868 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 9,742 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eugene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 84,755 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Eugene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 35,673 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Eugene in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eugene in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 380,453 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.