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Boy's name · #943 in the US (2025) · Vintage
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.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#471 in France (2025) · #729 in Canada (2025) · #1,072 in Belgium (2025) · #2,152 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,952 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,456 in Sweden (2023) · #2,541 in Ecuador (2023) · #572 in Ireland (2022) · #858 in Poland (2022) · #2,303 in Austria (2020) · #418 in N. Ireland (2019) · #520 in Scotland (2013) and 1 more.
Among 3,939 notable people named Eugene:
Lawyers & judges appear 1.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Eugene Scalia, American lawyer (born 1963).
About 75 boys a year are given Gene as their full name.
Similar names: Gene · Jackie · Wayne · Jerome · Mike · Steve
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