How Many People Are Named Eunice?
people named Eunice are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,460 people in the US has this name
Based on 81,514 babies named Eunice in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,278 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinized form of the Greek name Ευνικη (Eunike) which meant "good victory" from ευ (eu) "good" and νικη (nike) "victory". The New Testament mentions her as the mother of Timothy. As an English name, it was first used after the Protestant Reformation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Eunice, 99.1% were girls and 0.9% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Eunice alive today is about 58 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 35 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Eunice first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 2,278 babies. In 2025, 77 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Eunice has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #106, in 1908. In 2025 it ranked #2,362.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,362 |
| Best rank | #106 (1908) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #133 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Eunice alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Eunice were born in California than in any other state: about 2,633 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eunice was given 2.2 times as often in North Dakota, 1.9 times in Alabama and 1.9 times in Georgia.
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