Eugene

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Eugene: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Eugene: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #47, and it stood at #1,517 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
97times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#47highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Eugene's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#784
1997	#1052
1998	#669
1999	#776
2000	#1425
2001	#751
2002	#753
2003	#746
2004	#760
2005	#891
2006	#1347
2007	#1506
2008	#1206
2009	#1649
2010	#1407
2011	#1788
2012	#1086
2013	#1462
2014	#1560
2015	#1279
2016	#1431
2017	#1546
2018	#1533
2019	#1655
2020	#1548
2021	#1290
2022	#1609
2023	#1533
2024	#1517

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 57 of the 59 years from 1964 to 2022.

In 2022: #572 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1609 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #50 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2022
Highest recorded position: #47 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Eugene appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 57 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,416 births with the name.

Eugene across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Eugene's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#50 (1964)	#47 (1965)	#572 (2022)	57 of 59	2,416 (1964–2022)	135 (1965)
England and Wales · Boys	#784 (1996)	#669 (1998)	#1517 (2024)	29 of 29	531 (1996–2024)	29 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#248 (1997)	#186 (1999)	#418 (2019)	11 of 23	54 (1997–2019)	8 (1999)

Eugene by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Eugene in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	748	6 of 10	125
1970s	888	10 of 10	89
1980s	477	10 of 10	48
1990s	172	10 of 10	17
2000s	80	10 of 10	8
2010s	37	8 of 10	5
2020s	14	3 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 125 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1973 and 1974, when recorded births fell by 25, from 106 to 81.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Eugene appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #47 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Eugene's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1086	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1206	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#891	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#760	29	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#746	28	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#753	25	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#776	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#669	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#784	19	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#189	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#186	8	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#248	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	14	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	12	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	11	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	19	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	15	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	18	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	24	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	25	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	18	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#139	29	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	32	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	25	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	28	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	39	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	41	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	53	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	46	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#93	66	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#86	80	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	67	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	53	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	61	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#83	85	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#81	92	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#75	99	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#89	81	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#74	106	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#77	106	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	102	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#66	103	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#54	126	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#47	126	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#52	116	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#51	122	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#47	135	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#50	123	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #47, first reached in 1965.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 14 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 135 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Etty · #1402, 17y
Euan · #106, 29y
Eugenia · #492, 26y
Eugenie · #467, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Donnacha · #46, 61y
Fergal · #46, 57y
Janelle · #50, 56y
Padraig · #50, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Alva · #47, 47y
Colette · #47, 61y
Justine · #47, 52y
Damian · #46, 62y

Eugene was ranked #47 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1965. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Eugene and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Eugene without appearing here.

Eugene moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #5119.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1425 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #751 and #1595.
Roger Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1548 and #1548 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1290 and #2125.
Graeme Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1052 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #669 and #1367.

Moved ahead of Eugene

Oisin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #776 and #906 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1425 and #731.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1290 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1609 and #967.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1347 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1506 and #926.
Hudson Compare
In 2005 they stood at #891 and #982 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1347 and #885.

Moved the opposite way to Eugene

Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eugene went from #50 to #572 while Benjamin went from #139 to #81.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eugene went from #50 to #572 while Conor went from #56 to #13.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eugene went from #50 to #572 while Daniel went from #19 to #10.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eugene went from #50 to #572 while Liam went from #54 to #8.

Moved the same way as Eugene

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eugene went from #50 to #572 and Adrian from #65 to #225.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eugene went from #50 to #572 and Alfred from #134 to #657.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eugene went from #50 to #572 and Denis from #21 to #178.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eugene went from #50 to #572 and Edward from #18 to #112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #47 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Eugene

Eugene at a glance

What stands out in Eugene's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eugene across 3 official records

Eugene by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Eugene appears in

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Eugene at a glance

What stands out in Eugene's record

Eugene across 3 official records

Eugene by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Eugene appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Eugene

Eugene and the names beside it

Eugene moved ahead of

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