Eugene

Meaning: Well-born, noble
Origin: French (from Ancient Greek)

Nicknames: Gene

Boy's name · #943 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Eugene belongs to an older America first — it reached #20 back in 1927 — yet it still appears in today's records at #943. About 381,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#471 in France (2025) · #1,102 in Belgium (2025) · #2,152 in Switzerland (2025) · #686 in Canada (2024).

Famous Eugenes

Eugène Delacroix — French painter (1798–1863)
Eugene O'Neill — American playwright (1888–1953)
Eugène Ionesco — Romanian-French playwright (1909–1994)
Eugene Paul Wigner — Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician (1902–1995)
Eugene IV — Pope of the Catholic Church from 1431 to 1447

In stories & tradition

Eugene (Mr. Krabs) — SpongeBob SquarePants (TV series)
Eugène de Rastignac — Père Goriot (French novel)
Eugene Fitzherbert — Tangled (film)

What Eugenes become

Among 3,939 notable people named Eugene:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Eugene Scalia, American lawyer.

Spellings & nicknames

About 75 boys a year are given Gene as their full name.

Similar names: Gene · Micheal · Wayne · Dennis · Jerome · Angelo

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