Eugene
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Eugene
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.
Eugene is also given to girls.
Pronounced yoo-JEN.
As of October 2026, Eugene ranked #943 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #20 in 1927, Nameberry popularity #478.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #791 | 291 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #825 | 274 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #789 | 300 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #821 | 274 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #864 | 254 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #786 | 296 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #839 | 272 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #850 | 279 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #930 | 248 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #918 | 251 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #870 | 276 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #943 | 249 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Eugene for boys
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Eugene on lists
Famous Eugenes
- Eugene Gladstone O'NeillBoy
American playwright
- (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène DelacroixBoy
French Romantic painter
- Eugene Victor "Gene" DebsBoy
American socialist politician
- Eugene Merle ShoemakerBoy
American geologist
- Eugène SimonBoy
French naturalist
- Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthyBoy
American politician and poet
- Eugene OrmandyBoy
Hungarian,American conductor and violinist
- Eugene Louis "Gore" VidalBoy
American novelist
- Eugene "Gene" CernanBoy
American astronaut
- Eugene AmanoBoy
American NFL football player
- Eugene SimsBoy
American NFL football player
- Eugene MonroeBoy
American NFL football player
- Eugene Ionesco (born Eugen Ionescu)Boy
Romanian playwright
- Eugene MirmanBoy
Russian,American comedian
- Eugene OsmentBoy
American actor
- Eugene WignerBoy
Hungarian American theoretical physicist, mathematician and Nobel prize winner
- Eugene Lee YangBoy
actor and writer/producer/director for The Try Guys
- Edwin Eugene "Buzz" AldrinBoy
American Astronaut
- James Eugene "Jim" CarreyBoy
Canadian actor
- Eugene Pip (b. 2012)Boy
son of actress Billie Piper
- Eugene (b. 2017)Boy
son of actor Oscar Isaac and Elvira Lind
- Eugene "Gene" Curran KellyBoy
American dancer, actor of film, stage, and television, singer, film director, producer, and choreographer
- Eugene Levy (b. 1946) Canadian comedic actorBoy
was in all the American Pie films
Eugene in pop culture
- Eugene WrayburnBoy
character in Charles Dickens' "Our Mutual Friend"
- Eugene ArlingtonBoy
main character in Patrick Stumph's film "Moustachette"
- Eugene TannenbaumBoy
from the movie "Evan Almighty"
- Eugene Fitzherbert aka Flynn RiderBoy
character in Disney's "Tangled"
- Eugene "Arseface" RootBoy
character in DC Universe's "Preacher"
- Mr. Eugene H. KrabsBoy
character from "SpongeBob Squarepants"
- Eugene HorowitzBoy
character from animated TV series "Hey Arnold"
- Lucas Eugene ScottBoy
main character on "One Tree Hill"
- Eugene PorterBoy
character on "The Walking Dead"
- Eugene RoeBoy
Easy Company Medic in "Band of Brothers"
- Eugene "Gene" BelcherBoy
character in FOX animated series "Bob's Burgers"
- Eugene FelsnicBoy
nerdy character in musical "Grease"
- Eugene MeltsnerBoy
character in radio programme "Adventures in Odyssey"
- Eugene TackleberryBoy
gun loving character in the "Police Academy" Films & Animated Series
- Eugene MeltsnerBoy
character in the audio series Adventure in Odyessy