Names / Boy names
Eugene
Current rank
#943
holding steady
All-time peak
#20
in 1927
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
383,300
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #20 in 1927 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Well born. Stateside, it first appears in 1880. Its strongest year was 1927, at #20 nationally. As of the latest data it stands at #943, holding steady. Across all years, more than 383,300 children have been named this.