Eugene was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #20 in 1927 but is far less common today.
Eugene is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #943 for boy births in the United States (and #1,924 across all names), given to 249 babies. Eugene first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1927 (9,742 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 249 | 249 | — | #943 |
| 2024 | 276 | 276 | — | #875 |
| 2023 | 251 | 251 | — | #919 |
| 2022 | 248 | 248 | — | #930 |
| 2021 | 279 | 279 | — | #850 |
| 2020 | 272 | 272 | — | #840 |
| 2019 | 301 | 301 | #16,305 | #786 |
| 2018 | 254 | 254 | — | #864 |
| 2017 | 274 | 274 | — | #822 |
| 2016 | 305 | 305 | #17,073 | #790 |
| 2015 | 274 | 274 | — | #826 |
| 2014 | 291 | 291 | — | #791 |
| 2013 | 291 | 291 | — | #770 |
| 2012 | 315 | 315 | — | #735 |
| 2011 | 268 | 268 | #17,629 | #825 |
| 2010 | 297 | 297 | #10,674 | #776 |
| 2009 | 312 | 312 | — | #743 |
| 2008 | 341 | 341 | — | #696 |
| 2007 | 358 | 363 | #14,386 | #677 |
| 2006 | 352 | 352 | — | #654 |
| 2005 | 346 | 346 | #15,090 | #640 |
| 2004 | 392 | 392 | #10,974 | #583 |
| 2003 | 393 | 393 | #9,903 | #576 |
| 2002 | 411 | 411 | #14,155 | #548 |
| 2001 | 430 | 430 | #11,348 | #525 |
| 2000 | 462 | 462 | #11,058 | #504 |
| 1999 | 484 | 490 | — | #472 |
| 1998 | 494 | 494 | #11,517 | #462 |
| 1997 | 517 | — | #14,455 | #438 |
| 1996 | 496 | — | — | #451 |
| 1995 | 529 | — | — | #430 |
| 1994 | 636 | — | — | #372 |
| 1993 | 649 | — | #10,942 | #369 |
| 1992 | 728 | — | #7,182 | #338 |
| 1991 | 784 | — | #9,605 | #326 |
| 1990 | 815 | — | #13,654 | #312 |
| 1989 | 895 | — | #7,616 | #282 |
| 1988 | 922 | — | #7,295 | #257 |
| 1987 | 909 | — | #5,693 | #254 |
| 1986 | 1,028 | — | #6,759 | #231 |
| 1985 | 1,006 | — | #6,605 | #232 |
| 1984 | 1,080 | — | #5,023 | #214 |
| 1983 | 1,117 | — | #4,329 | #210 |
| 1982 | 1,241 | — | #5,301 | #201 |
| 1981 | 1,186 | — | #5,048 | #212 |
| 1980 | 1,300 | — | #5,322 | #191 |
| 1979 | 1,347 | — | #4,476 | #182 |
| 1978 | 1,339 | — | #6,077 | #175 |
| 1977 | 1,412 | — | #4,113 | #170 |
| 1976 | 1,527 | — | #4,424 | #159 |
| 1975 | 1,539 | — | #3,311 | #160 |
| 1974 | 1,626 | — | #2,857 | #154 |
| 1973 | 1,739 | — | #3,047 | #144 |
| 1972 | 1,824 | — | #3,602 | #145 |
| 1971 | 2,073 | — | #4,173 | #145 |
| 1970 | 2,278 | — | #4,105 | #146 |
| 1969 | 2,363 | — | #4,257 | #131 |
| 1968 | 2,390 | — | #2,500 | #126 |
| 1967 | 2,467 | — | #3,117 | #122 |
| 1966 | 2,641 | — | #2,782 | #116 |
| 1965 | 2,734 | — | #2,768 | #120 |
| 1964 | 3,096 | — | #2,940 | #114 |
| 1963 | 3,246 | — | #2,179 | #112 |
| 1962 | 3,322 | — | #2,960 | #112 |
| 1961 | 3,463 | — | #4,091 | #113 |
| 1960 | 3,778 | — | #3,022 | #109 |
| 1959 | 3,910 | — | #2,620 | #106 |
| 1958 | 4,035 | — | #2,602 | #103 |
| 1957 | 4,423 | — | #3,367 | #92 |
| 1956 | 4,638 | — | #2,752 | #86 |
| 1955 | 4,816 | — | #2,177 | #81 |
| 1954 | 5,053 | — | #2,470 | #77 |
| 1953 | 5,167 | — | #2,382 | #75 |
| 1952 | 5,340 | — | #1,990 | #71 |
| 1951 | 5,599 | — | #2,336 | #65 |
| 1950 | 5,498 | — | #2,471 | #58 |
| 1949 | 5,623 | — | #1,819 | #58 |
| 1948 | 5,631 | — | #2,027 | #61 |
| 1947 | 6,205 | — | #1,870 | #59 |
| 1946 | 5,694 | — | #1,878 | #57 |
| 1945 | 5,189 | — | #1,809 | #50 |
| 1944 | 5,530 | — | #1,675 | #48 |
| 1943 | 5,921 | — | #2,017 | #47 |
| 1942 | 6,124 | — | #1,457 | #45 |
| 1941 | 5,783 | — | #1,457 | #42 |
| 1940 | 5,835 | — | #1,359 | #38 |
| 1939 | 5,909 | — | #1,151 | #37 |
| 1938 | 6,143 | — | #1,323 | #33 |
| 1937 | 6,030 | — | #1,313 | #33 |
| 1936 | 6,418 | — | #1,089 | #29 |
| 1935 | 6,893 | — | #1,229 | #26 |
| 1934 | 7,189 | — | #1,053 | #24 |
| 1933 | 7,396 | — | #1,055 | #23 |
| 1932 | 8,109 | — | #882 | #22 |
| 1931 | 8,210 | — | #902 | #21 |
| 1930 | 9,114 | — | #763 | #21 |
| 1929 | 9,114 | — | #862 | #20 |
| 1928 | 9,783 | — | #833 | #20 |
| 1927 | 9,827 | — | #787 | #20 |
| 1926 | 9,091 | — | #855 | #23 |
| 1925 | 8,572 | — | #1,012 | #24 |
| 1924 | 8,414 | — | #922 | #25 |
| 1923 | 8,005 | — | #978 | #25 |
| 1922 | 7,894 | — | #1,147 | #25 |
| 1921 | 7,774 | — | #993 | #26 |
| 1920 | 6,916 | — | #1,063 | #30 |
| 1919 | 5,939 | — | #1,065 | #33 |
| 1918 | 5,672 | — | #1,169 | #35 |
| 1917 | 4,914 | — | #1,117 | #39 |
| 1916 | 4,681 | — | #1,214 | #39 |
| 1915 | 4,346 | — | #1,454 | #41 |
| 1914 | 3,239 | — | #1,159 | #43 |
| 1913 | 2,546 | — | #1,242 | #43 |
| 1912 | 2,125 | — | #1,755 | #41 |
| 1911 | 1,073 | — | #1,326 | #43 |
| 1910 | 900 | — | #1,363 | #39 |
| 1909 | 738 | — | #1,119 | #43 |
| 1908 | 705 | — | #1,021 | #43 |
| 1907 | 702 | — | #1,235 | #41 |
| 1906 | 642 | — | #2,048 | #39 |
| 1905 | 601 | — | #1,464 | #42 |
| 1904 | 549 | — | #1,393 | #44 |
| 1903 | 487 | — | #1,242 | #44 |
| 1902 | 529 | — | #1,882 | #44 |
| 1901 | 453 | — | #1,258 | #44 |
| 1900 | 596 | — | #1,353 | #45 |
| 1899 | 449 | — | — | #45 |
| 1898 | 483 | — | #1,127 | #49 |
| 1897 | 459 | — | #942 | #49 |
| 1896 | 516 | — | #1,157 | #45 |
| 1895 | 440 | — | #1,077 | #50 |
| 1894 | 430 | — | #1,090 | #52 |
| 1893 | 397 | — | #1,500 | #53 |
| 1892 | 421 | — | #1,206 | #53 |
| 1891 | 362 | — | — | #48 |
| 1890 | 408 | — | — | #46 |
| 1889 | 379 | — | #863 | #52 |
| 1888 | 398 | — | — | #53 |
| 1887 | 332 | — | #1,198 | #53 |
| 1886 | 367 | — | #1,165 | #51 |
| 1885 | 345 | — | — | #51 |
| 1884 | 321 | — | — | #59 |
| 1883 | 331 | — | #852 | #51 |
| 1882 | 341 | — | — | #53 |
| 1881 | 319 | — | #864 | #49 |
| 1880 | 328 | — | — | #53 |