Eugene
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning well-born or noble-born.
How Eugene has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #825 |
| 2016 | #790 |
| 2017 | #820 |
| 2018 | #865 |
| 2019 | #787 |
| 2020 | #842 |
| 2021 | #849 |
| 2022 | #934 |
| 2023 | #918 |
| 2024 | #870 |
| 2025 | #943 |
Eugene by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Eugene. In the US, 274 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 9,746 babies in 1927, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1930, about 1 in 130 American boys born that year was called Eugene.
Names that come from Eugene
Forms of Eugene in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Eugene. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean nobility
Like Eugene, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
- Patrickof noble birth; patrician375 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Eugene
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