Girls' name · since 1880
Eugenia
29,929 babies named Eugenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,778 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29,929
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
29,929 babies have been named Eugenia since 1880, making it today's #2778 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eugenia has been recorded 29,929 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #2778 nationally and more common than 84% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #834 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,778 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 29,929 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eugenia ranks #834 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,778 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 29,929 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,778 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29,929
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Eugenia's 29,929 recorded births place it above 98.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Eugenia compares
29,929 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Eugenia's all-time total is 80x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eugenia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29,929 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 606 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eugenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Eugenia splits its recorded history at 1953: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2011 (30 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 606 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Eugenia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1919)
- 606
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Eugenia popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 1927 (Eugenia as boys' name)
Eugenia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (5,047 births, 17% of the file).
1920s was Eugenia's strongest decade.
5,047 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Eugenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 593
1880s
593 births
- 1890s 902
1890s
902 births
- 1900s 1,106
1900s
1,106 births
- 1910s
1910s
4,033 births
- 1920s
1920s
5,047 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,844 births
- 1940s
1940s
3,003 births
- 1950s
1950s
3,362 births
- 1960s
1960s
3,317 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,360 births
- 1980s 1,429
1980s
1,429 births
- 1990s 765
1990s
765 births
- 2000s 442
2000s
442 births
- 2010s 412
2010s
412 births
- 2020s 314
2020s
314 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 5,047 births (17% of all-time use).
How Eugenia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Eugenia's total volume
Eugenia by state
Where Eugenia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 2,777 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,263 | 7.6% |
| #3 | California | | 1,861 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,590 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,410 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 1,179 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 922 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 849 | 2.8% |
2,777 of 29,929 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Eugenia appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Eugenia's data
- Eugenia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (5,047 total births); usage has since declined to 314 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Eugenias (2,777 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eugenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eugenia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.