Eugene

“Well-born, noble” — Ancient Greek origin

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

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. Gene is a short form of Eugene.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,200 boys in France (2025) · about 1 in 4,000 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 6,300 boys in Belgium (2025).

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

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 · The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Eugene (Jim Raynor) — StarCraft · Heroes of the Storm
Eugène de Rastignac — The Human Comedy · Père Goriot

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.

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

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