Eugenia
Eugenia was given to 61 girls in 2025, #2,787 among girls’ names; 29,944 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,400 Americans named Eugenia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (45% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 47 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eugenia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eugenia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Eugenia is “a female given name from Ancient Greek. Variant: Eugenie.” Its etymology gives the sense “well born” (=Eugene)).
From Ancient Greek Εὐγενία (Eugenía), feminine form of Εὐγένιος (Eugénios) ( =Eugene) “well born”.
/juːˈd͡ʒiːniə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eugenia?
#2,787 among girls’ names, 2025
Eugenia rose from #4,093 in 2015 to #2,787 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 20.2 to 38.0 per million.
606 babies in 1919, the peak
Eugenia peaked in 1919, when 606 girls were given it, #260 among girls’ names. The 61 births of 2025 are 10% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,787 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,776 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,861 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,973 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,358 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,108 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,868 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,451 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 37 | #4,018 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,804 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 36 | #4,093 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,198 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,804 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,323 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,718 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,766 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,897 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,800 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,549 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 37 | #4,022 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,052 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,230 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,429 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,098 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 55 | #2,710 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 67 | #2,313 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,681 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,503 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 57 | #2,332 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,064 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,986 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,869 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,069 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,646 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 102 | #1,520 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 129 | #1,263 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 123 | #1,279 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,589 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 109 | #1,283 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 139 | #1,080 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 132 | #1,098 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 150 | #965 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 168 | #898 | 0.10 |
| 1982 | 169 | #898 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 174 | #878 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 183 | #851 | 0.11 |
| 1979 | 186 | #838 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 203 | #759 | 0.13 |
| 1977 | 186 | #809 | 0.12 |
| 1976 | 183 | #782 | 0.12 |
| 1975 | 230 | #663 | 0.16 |
| 1974 | 239 | #639 | 0.16 |
| 1973 | 210 | #705 | 0.14 |
| 1972 | 257 | #610 | 0.17 |
| 1971 | 329 | #547 | 0.20 |
| 1970 | 337 | #550 | 0.19 |
| 1969 | 290 | #582 | 0.17 |
| 1968 | 266 | #587 | 0.16 |
| 1967 | 323 | #527 | 0.20 |
| 1966 | 298 | #547 | 0.18 |
| 1965 | 362 | #499 | 0.21 |
| 1964 | 374 | #509 | 0.20 |
| 1963 | 361 | #512 | 0.19 |
| 1962 | 365 | #507 | 0.19 |
| 1961 | 329 | #545 | 0.16 |
| 1960 | 349 | #516 | 0.17 |
| 1959 | 312 | #550 | 0.15 |
| 1958 | 323 | #541 | 0.16 |
| 1957 | 350 | #510 | 0.17 |
| 1956 | 327 | #518 | 0.16 |
| 1955 | 357 | #478 | 0.18 |
| 1954 | 351 | #475 | 0.18 |
| 1953 | 329 | #469 | 0.17 |
| 1952 | 303 | #483 | 0.16 |
| 1951 | 360 | #439 | 0.20 |
| 1950 | 350 | #432 | 0.20 |
| 1949 | 309 | #455 | 0.18 |
| 1948 | 298 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1947 | 365 | #427 | 0.21 |
| 1946 | 279 | #469 | 0.18 |
| 1945 | 291 | #418 | 0.22 |
| 1944 | 310 | #406 | 0.23 |
| 1943 | 308 | #418 | 0.22 |
| 1942 | 325 | #396 | 0.24 |
| 1941 | 268 | #421 | 0.22 |
| 1940 | 250 | #431 | 0.22 |
| 1939 | 246 | #430 | 0.22 |
| 1938 | 236 | #437 | 0.21 |
| 1937 | 268 | #396 | 0.25 |
| 1936 | 254 | #400 | 0.24 |
| 1935 | 271 | #387 | 0.26 |
| 1934 | 264 | #400 | 0.25 |
| 1933 | 291 | #376 | 0.29 |
| 1932 | 342 | #342 | 0.32 |
| 1931 | 331 | #350 | 0.31 |
| 1930 | 341 | #363 | 0.30 |
| 1929 | 399 | #324 | 0.36 |
| 1928 | 407 | #331 | 0.35 |
| 1927 | 462 | #310 | 0.39 |
| 1926 | 496 | #299 | 0.42 |
| 1925 | 464 | #307 | 0.38 |
| 1924 | 551 | #281 | 0.44 |
| 1923 | 571 | #269 | 0.47 |
| 1922 | 507 | #290 | 0.42 |
| 1921 | 606 | #273 | 0.49 |
| 1920 | 584 | #271 | 0.49 |
| 1919 | 606 | #260 | 0.54 |
| 1918 | 561 | #271 | 0.48 |
| 1917 | 494 | #276 | 0.46 |
| 1916 | 536 | #262 | 0.51 |
| 1915 | 506 | #260 | 0.51 |
| 1914 | 367 | #272 | 0.48 |
| 1913 | 310 | #263 | 0.50 |
| 1912 | 266 | #276 | 0.48 |
| 1911 | 219 | #262 | 0.52 |
| 1910 | 168 | #299 | 0.42 |
| 1909 | 137 | #313 | 0.39 |
| 1908 | 131 | #309 | 0.39 |
| 1907 | 110 | #334 | 0.35 |
| 1906 | 111 | #316 | 0.38 |
| 1905 | 116 | #312 | 0.40 |
| 1904 | 113 | #303 | 0.41 |
| 1903 | 100 | #312 | 0.38 |
| 1902 | 89 | #332 | 0.34 |
| 1901 | 87 | #324 | 0.36 |
| 1900 | 112 | #318 | 0.37 |
| 1899 | 109 | #276 | 0.47 |
| 1898 | 91 | #329 | 0.35 |
| 1897 | 96 | #296 | 0.41 |
| 1896 | 99 | #293 | 0.42 |
| 1895 | 83 | #318 | 0.36 |
| 1894 | 85 | #296 | 0.38 |
| 1893 | 82 | #300 | 0.39 |
| 1892 | 91 | #282 | 0.43 |
| 1891 | 83 | #271 | 0.45 |
| 1890 | 83 | #273 | 0.44 |
| 1889 | 78 | #269 | 0.44 |
| 1888 | 70 | #279 | 0.39 |
| 1887 | 63 | #266 | 0.43 |
| 1886 | 71 | #245 | 0.49 |
| 1885 | 68 | #242 | 0.51 |
| 1884 | 42 | #296 | 0.33 |
| 1883 | 48 | #261 | 0.43 |
| 1882 | 73 | #190 | 0.68 |
| 1881 | 40 | #252 | 0.44 |
| 1880 | 40 | #247 | 0.44 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Eugenia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eugenia has been given almost only to girls: 15 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Eugenia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eugenia, and how old are they?
13,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 45% of the 29,944 Americans ever recorded as Eugenia. The median Eugenia alive today is 61 years old; half are between 47 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 22,296 people named Eugenia (22,241 women and girls, 55 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,936 born in the U.S. The Census count is 49% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,520 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,970 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,780 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,790 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 703 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 617 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Eugenia born?
The states with the most babies named Eugenia are New York, Texas and California, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 2,777 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Texas | 2,263 | #990 | 1.4× |
| California | 1,861 | #2,575 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 1,590 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,410 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 1,179 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 922 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 849 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 842 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 793 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Eugenia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eugenia is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Eugenia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 34,870 babies since 1880, Eugenia is the most given (86% of them). In 2025 it was given to 61 of their 69 babies (88%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eugenia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Eugenia and names like it
- Compare Eugenia and EugenieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sEugenia peaked in 1919.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eugenia since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Eugenia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Eugenia.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Eugenia alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.