Eunice

“Good victory” — Ancient Greek origin

Girl's name · #2362 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Eunice holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#2362 in 2025). About 80,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: about 1 in 6,800 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 9,800 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 14,000 girls in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Eunices

Eunice Newton Foote — American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver — American philanthropist; founder of the Special Olympics; sister of John F. Kennedy (1921–2009)
Eunice Gayson — English actress (1928–2018)
Eunice Kirwa — Kenyan-Bahraini long-distance runner
Eunice Barber — Sierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump

In stories & tradition

Eunice — human biblical figure
Eunice Hubbell — A Streetcar Named Desire
Eunice Gardner Wyatt — fictional human

What Eunices become

Among 223 notable people named Eunice:

Medical professionals appear 1.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Eunice Rivers Laurie, American nurse.

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