How Many People Are Named Eugenia?

13,662

people named Eugenia are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 25,017 people in the US has this name

Based on 29,944 babies named Eugenia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,020

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,101

See the top 100

Peak Year

1919

606 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Pronunciation: ew-JE-nya (Italian), ew-KHE-nya (Spanish), ew-GE-nya (Polish), yoo-JEE-nee-ə (English), yoo-JEEN-yə
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of Eugenius (see EUGENE). It was borne by a semi-legendary 3rd-century saint who escaped persecution by disguising herself as a man. The name was occasionally found in England during the Middle Ages, but it was not regularly used until the 19th century.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

EugeneiaEukeneEvgeniaEvgeniyaEugénieUxíaJevgēņijaJevgeņijaEvgenijaEugêniaYevgeniyaYevheniyaOwenaLaginaZhenya

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.9%
Male
0.1%

Almost all of the babies given the name Eugenia (99.9%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Eugenia alive today is about 58 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 46 and 72 in 2025.

Under 30 1,387
10.2%
30 to 59 5,200
38.1%
60 and over 7,076
51.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Eugenia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 606 babies. In 2025, 61 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Eugenia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #190, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #2,787.

Girls
Rank in 2025#2,787
Best rank#190 (1882)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#291 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Eugenia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Eugenia were born in California than in any other state: about 1,341 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eugenia was given 1.8 times as often in Georgia, 1.8 times in South Carolina and 1.6 times in Texas.

California 1,341
New York 1,265
Texas 1,218
Illinois 649
Pennsylvania 587
Florida 501
Georgia 492
Ohio 481
North Carolina 423
New Jersey 360
Alabama 332
Michigan 305
South Carolina 300
Tennessee 298
Virginia 288
Missouri 243
Kentucky 235
Indiana 234
Louisiana 177
Maryland 175
Massachusetts 175
Oklahoma 126
Mississippi 121
Arkansas 114
West Virginia 90
District of Columbia 72
Connecticut 42
Arizona 35
New Mexico 32
Washington 31
Wisconsin 18
Kansas 15
Colorado 14
Maine 8
Minnesota 2
Rhode Island 1
Iowa 1
North Dakota 1

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