NameTides

Eugene

Eugene was the #943 boys' name in the US in 2025 (249 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #729 in Canada.

Eugene as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Eugene as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Eugene as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#943 (249)#2,952 (7)———#729 (37)
2024#873 (276)#1,517 (17)———#668 (40)
2023#919 (251)#1,533 (16)———#854 (28)
2022#929 (248)#1,609 (15)——#572 (5)#833 (30)
2021#850 (279)#1,290 (20)——#631 (4)#946 (25)
2020#839 (272)#1,548 (15)——#556 (5)#778 (31)
2019#785 (296)#1,655 (14)—#418 (3)—#770 (31)
2018#862 (254)#1,533 (16)——#471 (7)#818 (29)
2017#820 (274)#1,546 (16)——#610 (4)#741 (33)
2016#790 (300)#1,431 (18)——#491 (6)#833 (29)
2015#826 (274)#1,279 (20)——#699 (3)#765 (32)
2014#790 (291)#1,560 (15)——#609 (4)#587 (46)
2013#770 (291)#1,462 (16)#520 (5)—#605 (4)#760 (31)
2012#735 (315)#1,086 (25)—#346 (4)—#686 (35)
2011#825 (263)#1,788 (12)——#540 (5)#792 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1928 at #20.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Eugene is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 7,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eugene by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #639WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #711INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #957CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #535CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,039TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Eugene (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#32614
Ontario2024#1,1239

Eugene (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EugeneCanadaBoys#72937
EugeneEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
EugeneIrelandBoys—too few
EugeneNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EugeneScotlandBoys—too few
EugeneUSGirls—too few
EugeneUSBoys#943249