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Eugene
Pronounced /ˈjuː.d͡ʒin/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1927 · #790
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:276 in 2024 (#868)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Eugene in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1927 with 85 babies, ranked #790.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 2,632 girls have been named Eugene since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Eugene per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 850 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 774 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 395 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 277 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 143 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 81 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from French Eugène, from Latin Eugenius, from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios, “well born”), from εὖ (eû, “good, well”) + -γενής (-genḗs, “born a certain way”). Parallel to eugenics. Doublet of Yevgeny, Eugenius, and Owen.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈjuː.d͡ʒin/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Eugene, CC BY-SA 4.0.