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The name Eugene peaked for girls at #763 in 1930. Eugene is also used for boys, ranking #870 in 2024.

The name Eugene is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "wellborn, noble".

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Eugene is a classic that has rather lost its way. On the one hand, it's a grandpa, even great-grandpa name that hasn't been one of the cool kids recently—or to quote Jim Carrey, who bears this name in the middle spot, "You can never get too cool with a name like Eugene." The hero of Disney's Tangled felt the same way, when he changed his birth name of Eugene to the more romantic Flynn.
 And yet! Eugene has had a long history of popularity, as a Top 50 name from 1880 to the 1940s. In fact, it has never been out of the Top 1000, making it a classic that's still given to hundreds of boys each year. It's even stopped falling in the last few years, and we could speculate that one day it will return to style.
 Also on the plus side, there were four popes and several saints named Eugene. A literary namesake is playwright Eugene O'Neill, and in art history Eugene Delacroix. In addition, there is the classic Russian novel by Pushkin, Eugene Onegin, and Eugene is the name Neil Simon used for his stand-in in three autobiographical plays, starting with Brighton Beach Memoirs.
 The female form, Eugenie, is chic and elegant, belonging to one of the daughters of the Duke and Duchess of York.

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The name Eugene is currently ranked #870 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #20 in 1929. The name is most popular in EUGENE, EUGENE, and EUGENE. Eugene is occasionally used for girls in 2019.

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