Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Eugene

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Eugene
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.2% from peak

Peak era

1927

Peak rank proxy

9,742

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19272024

Peak year

1927

Decline from peak

97.2%

2024

276

All-time

380,453

Eugene once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1927, when 9,742 boys were named Eugene.

In 2024, only 276 boys were given the name.

Down 97.2% from its peak.

All told, about 380,453 Americans have been named Eugene and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.2% from peak

19279,742 boys named Eugene

2024276 boys named Eugene

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