Eugene is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning “well born.” In 2024 it was given to 276 boys in the United States.
Eugene belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “well born” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Eugene first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #20 in 1927, and in 2024 276 babies received the name — 380,453 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Eugene means “well born” in its Greek roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Eugene is a boy name. In 2024, 276 babies received the name in the US.
Eugene comes from the Greek tradition.
Eugene first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #20 in 1927, and 276 babies were given the name in 2024.
Eugene is pronounced /ˈjuː.d͡ʒin/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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